The Brief A federal judge dismissed the remaining criminal cases against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and eight others, formally ending the Justice Department's prosecutions tied to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Unlike most Jan. 6 defendants, the nine received sentence commutations rather than full pardons, leaving their convictions intact until the Justice Department sought to dismiss them. The Justice Department said dismissal was appropriate because Trump directed prosecutors on his first day back in office to end all remaining Jan. 6 cases. More than 1,200 convicted after Capitol attackThe backstory:The ruling ends one of the Justice Department's most significant Jan. 6 cases. He also directed the attorney general to dismiss roughly 450 pending Jan. 6 cases, ending what had been the largest criminal investigation in Justice Department history.