Rhodes and Tarrio were among the most prominent defendants from January 6 and had received some of the harshest punishments.

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio were released from prison on Tuesday, this coming after President Trump granted pardons to more than 1,

Stewart Rhodes, the former head of the Oath Keepers militia, was among Jan. 6 inmates freed under President Trump's pardons and commutations.

The move, in effect, validated the far-right leader’s defiant claim that his criminal prosecution was a kind of political persecution.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes says he felt relief when he heard President Donald Trump was taking action to pardon him and other Jan. 6 defendants.

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,000 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, and commuted the sentences of leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

Stewart Rhodes, who was serving an 18-year sentence for his role in the Jan. 6 attack, says he feels "validated" after Trump commuted his sentence.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes were released from prison following President Donald Trump's pardon for Jan. 6 rioters.

Some of the Jan. 6 defendants have shown no remorse. Days before his sentencing, Rhodes falsely claimed that the 2020 election was fraudulent and that the government was “coming after those on the political right.” At a court hearing, he declared, “I am a political prisoner.”

Purdy Jr. was convicted by a jury in June of six felonies. Turner, 42, formerly of Poughkeepsie, was convicted of three felonies. Both were found guilty of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers. Gregory Purdy’s younger brother, Matthew, was convicted of two misdemeanors.

We need to find and put them behind bars for what they did. They need to pay for what they did,’ Enrique Tarrio exclaimed on Tuesday night, referencing those who investigated the January 6 Capitol attack.