Washington, Jan 23 (AP) Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, a far-right extremist group leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in the January 6, 2021, attack, visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday after President Donald Trump commuted his 18-year prison sentence.

Rhodes' appearance came a day after he was released from prison as a result of Trump's order of clemency benefitting more than 1,500 people charged with federal crimes in the January 6 attack.

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Rhodes was convicted in one of the most serious cases brought by the Justice Department over the riot that left more than 100 police officers injured. (AP)

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