Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday that anyone can apply to a new $1.8 billion Justice Department “weaponization” fund, and wouldn’t rule out Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes as someone who could receive a payout.
Rhodes, a Texas resident and leader of the far-right militia, was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and sentenced to 18 years in prison, one of the longest sentences handed down in the case.
President Donald Trump commuted Rhodes’ sentence on his first day back in office as part of a sweeping clemency order benefiting Jan. 6 defendants…