The DOJ Announced Plans To Appeal Eight Oath Keepers Sentences

The agency has not given a specific reason or presented legal arguments for their decision to appeal, but several Oath Keepers' sentences were far from what prosecutors originally sought in court.

Federal prosecutors working on the cases of Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes and others connected to the group, filed court papers on Wednesday saying they plan to appeal sentences set by a judge in late May.

The Justice Department is appealing the sentences that eight convicted defendants received for seditious conspiracy or other conspiracy charges related to their roles in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Some of them have already filed their own appeals.

A ninth man, Thomas Caldwell, hasn’t been sentenced yet and is not part of the group being appealed.

The Justice Department asked for at least 10 years in prison for each of the defendants tied to the far-right group. The agency has not given a specific reason or presented legal arguments for their decision to appeal, but several Oath Keepers’ sentences were far from what prosecutors originally sought in court.