A federal judge lifted travel restrictions on Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. After President Trump's commutation of Rhodes' 18-year prison sentence enabled his release, Judge Amit Mehta noted that the commutations altered the conditions of supervised release. The decision follows a legal shift where the Justice Department and U.S. Probation Offices now act under the premise that the clemency encompasses release terms as well as custody time.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta lifted travel restrictions on Stewart Rhodes, a convict from the Jan. 6 riot, now asserting that Trump's commutation influenced supervised release.
Judge Mehta indicated that the Justice Department's interpretation of Trump's clemency, given the change in Rhodes's status, justified lifting the location restrictions.
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