Prosecutors Seek to Have Ex-Green Beret Accused of Failed Venezuelan Plot Back in Custody
MIAMI — Federal prosecutors are seeking to return to custody a former Green Beret accused of plotting to invade Venezuela in 2020, arguing he is at risk of fleeing the United States after allegedly threatening a filmmaker who posted a $2 million bond for his release. Over the objections of prosecutors, a judge in Tampa […]
Army Veteran Sentenced to Probation for Milestone Conviction in Oath Keepers Sedition Plot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran was sentenced on Friday to probation instead of prison for his milestone conviction — and his leadership role — in a violent plot by members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election. Joshua […]
Judge: Pardoning Army Veteran Stewart Rhodes for Capitol Riot Plot Would Be 'Frightening'
WASHINGTON — The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members said Wednesday that it would be “frightening” if the anti-government group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election. President-elect Donald Trump […]
Family Grieving 98-Year-Old Veteran Sues After Learning Other Remains Buried in His Plot
The wife of a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II believes he is buried in a cemetery plot they purchased decades ago in the Massachusetts city they grew up in — as he wished, according to her family’s attorney. But he’s not, a lawsuit filed by the family says. Before William Z. […]
Ex-US Army Soldier Asks for Maximum 40 Years in Prison But Gets a 14-Year Term for IS Plot
NEW YORK — A judge rejected a former U.S. Army soldier’s surprise sentencing-day request for a maximum 40-year prison term for trying to help the Islamic State group kill American troops, giving him 14 years behind bars instead. Cole Bridges, 24, of Stow, Ohio, was sentenced Friday after a nearly five-hour Manhattan federal court proceeding […]
Two Colombians Get 35 and 30 Years After Pleading Guilty to Plot to Murder US Soldiers
Two Colombians on Thursday were sentenced in Miami federal court to 35 and 30 years in prison for conspiring to murder U.S. soldiers in a car-bombing attack at a military base near the Colombia- Venezuela border. Three U.S. Army members were injured in the 2021 assault. Andres Fernando Medina Rodriguez, a former Colombian military officer […]