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Appeals court vacates and remands Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy convictions

newsMay 23, 2026243,283

A three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit panel vacated seditious conspiracy convictions for multiple Oath Keepers members, including founder Stewart Rhodes, and remanded the cases to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Stewart Rhodes had faced up to 20 years in prison on the seditious conspiracy counts before the appeals court decision. The remand sends the cases back to district judges to decide whether to retry, re-instruct juries, or dismiss counts, a move that could materially alter outcomes and sentences in the January 6 prosecutions.

MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

🚨 The Trump DOJ has now moved to dismiss the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III and several other Oath Keepers who participated in the January 6th insurrection — with prejudice — meaning the charges cannot be brought again.

185556d ago
johniwaniszek.bsky.social176

Corrupt decisions aren't valid and have no standing

Chris⚖️Justice68

NO JUSTICE. Zero ringleaders prosecuted. (Everyone above Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, etc) bsky.app/profile/chri...

3mcj.bsky.social39

The goal of this regime seems to be releasing all criminals who will be useful to them during the next election.

@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social36

Pardons, slush funds, private militia building, all Republicans need to go ASAP!!!

cozybooksonly.bsky.social30

Dem Association of Secretaries of State still has an insurrectionist tracker. Their names and crimes will not be erased. demsofstate.org/insurrection...

Brian M. Wise: Snarkasaurus Rex. Ω, MFers.21

Cool. Let's charge him with all the other things he did then

Regina Schrambling 14

At least Robert E Lee had to give up the family plantation for Arlington. This is the kkkraziest Memorial Day yet.

TelecomOne13

Trump is supporting his private intimidation army for the midterms.

KHarris ANTIFA Chapter 86479

His family was afraid of him & testified against him…hope they will be ok.

Fluffy Peanut9

When is enough going to be enough? A Treasonous, organized criminal syndicate is currently performing a coup. Wtf are we all waiting for? Just hoping I’m wrong? You think they have any intention of relinquishing power?

Christopher Maher9

Only the judge can make the determination of without prejudice.

NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE7

Impeach the MFer!!! I’ve had it!!

A Starry Knight 🗽⚖🗽6

The admin wants to put their goons back to work 😒

democracy4u.bsky.social6

who promised them help if they organized JAN6 Please expose those who feed bad ideas to TRUMP in his diminished mental state

reyhusky.bsky.social5

The guy shot himself with his own gun in the eye and he is the leader. Fucking clowns.

Jack Brand5

Remember: Jan 6 was entirely made up of FBI plants who tried to make Trump look bad, and they were all simultaneously patriots who now deserve us to pay them millions. Schrodinger would be proud.

Hugh of Borg: Resistance is ELBOWS-UP.5

He lost his eye by being a stupid numpty around firearms, didn't he?

dabxdee.bsky.social4

Your tax dollars hard at work... just not for you

Amy Oddo✌🏻💙☀️4

Two things: #Corruption and #WTAF🙄

Feed The Opposition4

Throw the fuckers in jail.

cozybooksonly.bsky.social4

Even the Trump regime can’t believe how easy it is to steal in broad daylight and build paramilitary. This is on Americans. The ones still voting GOP. The ones saying they don’t want to get into politics. The ones willfully ignoring. The ones only bashing Dems as their only resistance act.

Rioter884

Would be awesome if someone just beat the fucker and ended his existence. It should have happened already. Trump is trying to get insurrection 2.0 going. This time there will be far more deaths and violence. This is basically a nod for Rhodes to do it

Joey Savitz4

Not necessarily. A dismissal procured by fraud is void ab initio.

Prolapsed Cologne4

Shit like this is how a liberal can get over their aversion to owning firearms.

Mushtaq4

Judges need to stand firm and understand that they are under absolutely zero obligation to accept DoJ ”recommendations”.

melindaotero.bsky.social3

New charges for new crimes....these idiots are too stupid to stay out of trouble...500 plus have new charges already.

David Steuer3

Since Rhodes was already pardoned, this bullshit just lets a preening asshole in the White House fly his treason flag.

zimadood.bsky.social3

Congress will have to create a Nobel-Impeachment Prize when Trump reaches his third. bsky.app/profile/zima...

English Teacher3

This is the man whose family ran away from him because he is a violent abuser. The kids hid in the wheel well off a truck so he didn’t know everyone was leaving together. This man is dangerous and violent.

mrlinas.bsky.social3

The new charges will be a RICO case against all of them.

khyizang3

Repeatedly lifting the leg on law and order is how they will fertilize rebelllion. The justice dept has gone completely rogue.

BlueDem 💙3

Not only did we get zero justice for trump and the higher ups who participated and planned Jan 6th, but now we’re rewarding the only insurrectionists that we DID get justice for. So the bad guys win and the only ones who pay for their actions is the good guys! Well doesn’t that really suck!

Tonelli2

He can keep doing that but history will remember them as traitors as well as the President

mjordan102.bsky.social2

But that doesn't mean other crimes cannot be charges - like child porn, rape which we all know they do.

TartItUp2

the orange slob has NO INTENTION of leaving in 2028 he will have a bunker, a loyal military industrial complex and a private, well paid, violent militia. everyone gets that, right?

Elliot Edelstein2

That's outrageous...it sickens me....Trump must fkn go

Inbtwnthedarkandthelight2

Its a fake DoJ so without prejudice has no merit!

blu71.bsky.social2

BEWARE........they are gearing up for another insurrection!!

mustangrick.bsky.social2

The judge can say no, correct?

Sally Newton2

Oh yes they can. This government and their ilk are all corrupt.

Fvlib2

Judges need to deny the motion and sanction the hapless DoJ tool that files it.

Mima2

Invalid cuz of a corrupt doj and president!

andersripa.bsky.social2

How long will the mad king be allowed to ruin America?

Michael J. Golub2

The party of #Traitors, serial sexual predators and their enablers is also now the party of lawlessness! #TodaysGOP 👆🏽

cozybooksonly.bsky.social2

Sign up for your elections to be a poll watcher. These ppl are being called up for midterms. Be prepared. We have to face reality and be prepared. www.eac.gov/election-off...

cozybooksonly.bsky.social2

Texas you have Dem Attorney General runoff elections on Tuesday.

Patrick2

Apparently attempting a coup on behalf of Trump is not a crime. This is what a majority of voters chose when they voted for Trump. This and every other bit of his blindingly obvious corruption, cruelty, criminality, and incompetence. 77 million people voted for this. Sigh.

The Resistance CO2

Karma works in mysterious ways! Karma being a dump truck.

Kevin Flood2

It is time for the blue states to step up. If the blue states have the wealth, the blue states have the power.

Boston Jimmy2

I don’t recognize this country anymore.

Maggie's Farm2

It appears as if he is assembling a militia. A militia of stupid hillbillies, but a militia nonetheless. I wonder what's coming up that he feels he might need one? 🤔

observerbs.bsky.social2

When I tell my friends that they don't get how bad things are, I mean stuff like this.

quiquaequod2

"Rule of law" only works when there actually IS a rule of law

Laurie 💙2

The Republican Party will NEVER recover from this, and I’m glad. The sooner they are voted out of existence the better!

RobbieJean2

MF! Well maybe the DC Capitol Police can arrest them for crimes committed in the city? DJT is trying to revive the punks again to help him stay in power!😡 DC police must be ready!

msesq.bsky.social2

And he claimed to be a law and order candidate 🤬

NO OBEYANCE IN ADVANCE2

Omg!! WTF is going on here!!

Jack’s House Radio Free NAFO 🇺🇦2

How did this habit of criminals getting away with crimes (because a president wants it that way) start anyway? Hmm, decades ago apparently.

Countess of Candy 🍭2

This guy should be hanged

Mueller, She Wrote
@muellershewrote.com

What's going on with the Oath Keepers' and Proud Boys' seditious conspiracy charges? Let me see if I have this right. Back on April 14th, DOJ filed a motion to vacate the charges with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal was still active because Trump didn't pardon, he commuted. 1/

91356d ago
Mueller, She Wrote313

Next, on April 20th, Jamie Raskin filed a motion to appoint an Amicus because there's no adversary (DOJ and the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are all on the same side now.) 2/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Amie McWayne54

Dems need to run ads on TV NOW. Billboards NOW. People not on social media won’t know

Elliot Edelstein24

The Trump administration is a fkn disgrace ..his followers should be ashamed...Trump needs to go immediately

Lpeterp18

How are charges "vacated" after a trial, verdict and sentencing? Is this ever done?

qua12.bsky.social13

Trump is trying to payoff the thugs who tried to help him overthrow the 2020 election results,while at the same time do it in a way so he can avoid the fate of Richard Nixon who was forced to resign👍

pnwpirate.bsky.social9

I’m shaking with rage these conbigots are running away with turning us into the Confederacy.

BLISS USA FREEDOM FIGHTER9

The USA no longer has a "Justice Department". It is now an SS for Trump-(Schutzstaffel, or Protection Squads).🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

Caregiver To Vet6

If we’re lucky enough a judge is gonna call BS on this & deny it!

Friskiedgrrl 🏳️‍🌈 💙🍁 🌊🇨🇦 🇺🇦5

THIS is what all Oath keepers and Proud Boys should get.

Moose 'n Squirrel5

Meanwhile, the DOJ website is being scrubbed of all past references to seditious conspiracy cases against members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. The DOJ cited those references as "partisan propaganda" of the Biden administration...

🟨Richard Mustang42 🇺🇸🇬🇷🇺🇦3

Is this legal. It's not like they found DNA that matches somebody else.

Candy S.2

The court can refuse the request to dismiss, correct?

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