Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Visits Capitol Hill and Meets With a House Republican

Florida Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis met with Rhodes days after Trump commuted his Jan. 6-related sentence.

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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was released from a jail on Tuesday. Jose Luis Magana/AP

At least one member of Congress met with Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes on the Hill on Monday.

The Jan. 6 rioter — whose 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy was commuted by Donald Trump this week — was spotted on Capitol Hill, doing a media tour and lobbying for the release of the few remaining rioters not yet released.

Rhodes told reporters he met with Florida Rep. Gus Bilirakis on behalf of Jeremy Brown, an Oath Keeper and Jan. 6 rioter who is serving a seven-year prison sentence for charges of possessing unregistered guns, improper storage of grenades and keeping classified information, according to the Middle District of Florida attorney’s office.