Stewart Rhodes,, the leader of the far-right extremist group Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday following President Donald Trump's commutation of his 18-year prison sentence.

Four years after they raided the Capitol and assaulted police officers, a group of some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters are now free men.

The Oath Keepers founder met with Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida to lobby for a pardon for fellow Oath Keeper and January 6 rioter Jeremy Brown, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on weapons charges.

Trump's actions were the latest step in his drive to overhaul Washington and erase the work of President Joe Biden's administration.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

The far-right Oath Keepers extremist group founder serving 18 years for the Capitol riot visited Capitol Hill after President Trump freed him.

Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio were released from serving lengthy prison terms for convictions of seditious conspiracy.

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

Rhodes who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases brought by the Justice Department met with at least one lawmaker during his visit and chatted with others, defending his actions that day and taking no responsibility in violent siege that halted the certification of 2020 election.

The president's vague wording leaves courts to sort out which crimes were "related" to the attack—and who should be set free.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After President Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 Jan. 6 Capitol rioters on Monday, far-right activists cheered the move and said it strengthened their loyalty to him. Some also borrowed from the president’s own rhetoric, calling for retribution.