While working as the Department of Justice’s pardon attorney, Ed Martin personally reviewed the pardon application for Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers.

Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Rhodes’ attorney Peter Ticktin hand-delivered 11 pardon applications to Martin at the Justice Department last week, including Rhodes’, according to Politico.

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