Freed January 6 rioter Stewart Rhodes says he was convicted ‘in a present trial’

Stewart Rhodes, the founding father of the so-called Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in jail for his half within the 6 January riots however is now a free man after being pardoned by Donald Trump.

Sky’s James Matthews caught up with him when he visited the US Capitol Building the day after his launch.

Donald Trump has mentioned the assaults on law enforcement officials in the course of the riots in 2021 had been "minor incidents", in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News in a single day.

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