U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta placed the restriction on Friday after Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes met with GOP lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday, days after he and eight of his lieutenants had their years-long prison sentences commuted to time served.

In response to a motion from the acting U.S. attorney, the federal judge reversed his decision to ban Phoenix man Edward Vallejo from the district.

President Donald Trump commuted the extremist group leader's 18-year prison sentence in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A federal judge on Monday reversed his order prohibiting Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the group from entering Washington, D.C., without court approval, following President Trump’s commutation of their sentences for their involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

A federal judge on Monday walked back his order barring Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the right-wing extremist group from entering Washington, D.C., without the

Ed Martin — acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C — filed a motion to dismiss the judge’s terms, arguing that Trump’s commutations mean that Rhodes and his allies are no longer subject to the court’s supervision.

A federal judge on Monday dropped restrictions on Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers who was freed after being sentenced over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and some others in the group from entering Washington,

It is not for this court to divine why President Trump commuted Defendants’ sentences, or to assess whether it was sensible to do so,” Mehta wrote. “The court’s sole task is to determine the act’s effect.

The judge said it was "reasonable" the Justice Department interpreted Trump's Jan. 6 commutations to cover the defendants' prison sentences and wipe away their terms of supervised release.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the seditious conspiracy ... he's concerned that criticism of the pardons from judges on Washington's federal court means his client and others on ...

A single-page order from District Judge Amit Mehta on Friday forbids Oath Keepers ... walked through congressional office buildings in Washington, D.C., after Trump released him from prison.

The DOJ compared the Capitol rioters to Jim Biden and General Mark Milley, neither of whom have been charged with crimes.