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The government asked for Rhodes to be held without bail and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for January 20, 2022. <ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/steward-rhodes-oath-keeper-arrested-jan6-conspiracy-1284236/</ref>
The government asked for Rhodes to be held without bail and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for January 20, 2022. <ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/steward-rhodes-oath-keeper-arrested-jan6-conspiracy-1284236/</ref>
On January 26, 2022, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson ordered Stewart Rhodes to remain jailed Wednesday pending trial on a charge of seditious conspiracy, citing testimony of his long advocacy of using force against the federal government, military training, familiarity with encrypted communications, and organizing of fighters and weapons leading up to the Capitol breach. <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/26/stewart-rhodes-jailed-seditious-conspiracy/</ref>
On January 26, 2022, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson ordered Stewart Rhodes to remain jailed Wednesday pending trial on a charge of seditious conspiracy, citing testimony of his long advocacy of using force against the federal government, military training, familiarity with encrypted communications, and organizing of fighters and weapons leading up to the Capitol breach. <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/26/stewart-rhodes-jailed-seditious-conspiracy/</ref>
After considering an appeal by Rhodes for pre-trial release, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, denied Rhodes’s renewed request for bond pending trial on February 18, 2022. Judge Mehta called his case the most serious brought against nearly 750 federal defendants charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/18/stewart-rhodes-jail-seditious-conspiracy/</ref>
== U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Testimony ==
== U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Testimony ==