Read More on PoliticsNewsweek has reached out to the Oath Keepers via email on Tuesday afternoon for comment. Prosecutors later alleged that Oath Keepers leaders and associates coordinated efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Rhodes and the other Oath Keepers defendants covered by Tuesday's ruling had already been released from prison. Oath Keepers: What to KnowThe Oath Keepers is a far-right anti-government militia organization founded in 2009 by Rhodes, 59, a former Army paratrooper and Yale Law School graduate. Speaking to The Gateway Pundit in November 2025, Rhodes confirmed he is “relaunching” and “rebuilding” the Oath Keepers.