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. Judge dismisses final Oath Keepers casesBig picture view:U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta dismissed the cases against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and eight other defendants after the Justice Department moved to vacate their convictions. 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. Juries convicted Rhodes and other Oath Keepers leaders of seditious conspiracy for plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of power after Trump's 2020 election defeat. 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.