Meggs sentenced to 12 years for Jan. 6 sedition

Oath Keepers founder Rhodes gets 18 years.

  • Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, June 25, 2017. Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP FILE)
    Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, June 25, 2017. Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP FILE)

    WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Cap…