Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who presided over the sedition trial of Oath Keepers in the Capitol riot, said it would be "frightening" if the group's founder is pardoned.
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The guns stayed at the hotel, but Mehta said it is chilling to think that “one order from a madman” could have led to weapons deployed during a riot.
Pardoning Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers leader, for Capitol riot plot would be 'frightening': Judge
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