2025-08-14 -- Ernest Hancock interviews Stewart Rhodes (Founder of Oath Keepers) (MP3&4)
Hour 1 - 3
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PODCASTS
1 - Stewart Rhodes (Founder of Oath Keepers) provides an update on what he has been doing since his commutation, his time in prison, direction of the country, activism, Trump, etc...
Stewart's previous interviews HERE
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PODCAST 1
Stewart Rhodes
Former Attorney, Founder of Oath Keepers
US Army paratrooper, disabled veteran (airborne long range reconnaissance unit, disabled in a night jump while doing rough terrain parachuting). Ex-firefighter. Yale Law Graduate. Yale Law research scholar. Worked on DC staff of Congressman Ron Paul. Clerked for Arizona Supreme Court. Founder of Oath Keepers (association of military, police, firefighters, EMS - 40,000 members at its peak). Innocent J6 political prisoner (didn't enter Capitol, didn't fight with police. Targeted for his speech) Held in solitary confinement for over a year (including pre-trial). Refused to plead guilty to a crime he didn't commit, refused to bear false witness against President Trump. Maintained his innocence through a DC show trial. Stayed 100% loyal to our country and to President Trump. Currently the national spokesman for Condemned USA, helping other political prisoners and oppress Americans.
Webpage: https://condemnedusa.com/
Our Mission Statement
Condemned USA is a legal advocacy dedicated to defending constitutional rights and ensuring fair treatment for those facing political persecution.
Founded in response to the events of January 6th, Condemned USA provides legal support, public advocacy, and educational resources for individuals and families affected by government overreach and judicial bias. Our mission is to uphold the principles of justice and due process while exposing the truth behind politically motivated prosecutions.
At Condemned USA, we stand with those who have been unjustly condemned by a weaponized legal system. Through comprehensive legal representation, grassroots advocacy, and community support, we fight for the rights of every American to receive a fair trial and proper legal defense. Our team is comprised of experienced attorneys, legal experts, and passionate advocates committed to challenging the abuses of power that threaten our democracy.
We believe in transparency, accountability, and the power of truth. Join us in our mission to restore justice and protect the freedoms guaranteed to all citizens under the Constitution
Stewart's previous interviews HERE
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SHOW NOTES AND REFERENCES:
1. Stewart Rhodes Needs Help!!
https://www.givesendgo.com/GAF5B
UPDATE! All glory to God! President Trump has commuted Stewart's absurd 18 year sentence (he didn't even go into the Capitol, and committed no violence!), thereby releasing Stewart from prison on the night of Jan 20th! Stewart is very grateful to President Trump for that! It was AMAZING to walk out of those prison gates after three years of incarceration (over a year of which was solitary confinement) and hug his good friends, Jenn Baker of Condemned USA, and Mel Hawley (Stewart's co-author for his upcoming book). They picked him up and drove him to DC where he stayed at the home of Micki Witthoeft (Ashli Babbit's Mom) and enjoyed amazing fellowship.
Please donate to help support this stalwart patriot (who refused to betray President Trump, and refused to plead guilty to a crime he didn't commit, and went to trial, and even at his sentencing he declared "I am a political prisoner. Like President Trump, I am only "guilty" of opposing those who are destroying our country"). He needs support as he picks up the pieces of his shattered life, recovers from his ordeal, gets back on his feet, and then drives on with his life mission of defending the Constitution and helping President Trump's MAGA movement defeat the Deep State in any way he can be of use.
He commends President Trump for keeping his promise to make Jan 20th a "day of liberation." However, along with the 13 others who received commutations rather than pardons (all Oath Keepers or Proud Boys) Stewart is unfortunately still a felon and still stripped of key rights of citizenship such as his right to vote, his right to keep and bear arms, and all of his disabled veteran benefits. While serving as a paratrooper in the Army, Stewart suffered a compression fracture of his spin in a parachuting accident and has a spinal fusion with steel rods holding it all together.
After his conviction by a hopelessly biased, hyper-politicized DC jury, Stewart received a letter from the Veterans Administration informing him that he has been stripped of all his disability payments, medical care, home loan assistance, and has even been stripped of his right to be interned in a veterans' cemetery (the ultimate slap in the face to a veteran who served his country honorably). There are several other veterans among those commuted and they have all been stripped of their veteran status benefits. Only a pardon will remedy that.
Stewart, along with the others who were commuted, needs a pardon to restore him to his full rights as an American.
In addition to still being a second-class citizen felon, Stewart has been hit with 18 months of supervised release (probation) which includes severe restrictions on free speech and association, such as use of social media, travel, and who he can speak to or meet with. For example, he can't associate with any current or former Oath Keepers member (which makes it impossible for him to rebuild the org he started) or any Proud Boys, or any other group the FBI labels "extremist."
Also, Stewart went to the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 to meet with members of Congress, to advocate for a pardon for Special Forces veteran Oath Keeper Jeremy Brown, as well as speaking out for the men in the DC gulag who had not yet been released, and did some interviews (the media chased him down in the hallway outside the Capitol basement cafeteria). Two days later, on Friday, Jan 24, 2025, DC federal Judge Mehta issued an order banning Stewart and the other commuted Oath Keepers from entering Washington DC and/or the U.S. Capitol. This is a gross violation of free speech, association, and the right to participate in the political process.
President Trump clearly did not intend for anyone commuted to have to do supervised release at all, let alone have Judge Mehta able to add on additional restrictions that are obviously intended to stop political speech and participation, so we are confident that that ridiculous restriction will be removed soon by President Trump's express clarification.
But the only way to fully remove the DC judge's boots off the back of the necks of these patriots is to give them full pardons. Therefore, we pray that President Trump will do just that, to fully restore these men to their rights of citizenship and protect them from further abuse by activist judges. One of the easiest ways for the Deep State to get retaliation on a patriot who is formally a felon is to falsely accuse them of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Even with no physical evidence, they can do that with just the false testimony of one of their many paid "Confidential Human Sources" (snitches), having them falsely "testi-lie' that they "saw the accused with a gun" (a "ghost gun" that nobody can actually produce or prove the accused actually possessed). And federal caselaw also allows a charge of felon in possession if the accused was in a home or building where a firearm was present even without their knowledge, so they never actually knowingly controlled it or had access. It is just too easy to persecute thse men if they are left as felons.
Please pray that President Trump pardons these final 14 commuted patriots, as well as Jeremy Brown, and any other J-6er who is also being persecuted by other charges. That's what is needed to fully prevent these Trump hating judges from continuing to torment these men.
Stewart Rhodes is an innocent, wrongly convicted, non-violent J-6 political prisoner, [who was!] serving an unjust 18 year sentence after he refused to plead guilty to crimes he didn't commit (Seditious Conspiracy being the worst of several absurd false-charges), and refused to bear false witness against President Trump. Stewart didn't even enter the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, nor did he instruct anyone else to. Nor did he engage in any violence. He simply stood outside and exercised his right to political free speech. Stewart was targeted for who he is - the Founder of Oath Keepers - and for what he said about the election and Biden (all protected speech) - not for anything he actually did.
Stewart is an honorably discharged, service-connected disabled Army Airborne veteran (with a fused spine after a parachuting accident during a night jump); a 2004 graduate of Yale Law School (where he won the Judge William E. Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights); served on the DC staff of Texas Congressman Ron Paul (1998-99); served as a law clerk for the Arizona Supreme Court (2004-5); served as a volunteer fire-fighter in Montana; and served as a concealed carry and private security firearms instructor for many years.
Stewart is scrupulously law-abiding and had never been arrested or charged with any crime in his life until he was arrested, at age 56, for this political farce on Jan. 13, 2022 (it took a full year for the corrupt DOJ/FBI to cook up false evidence/testimony including coercing a couple of Oath Keepers members into dishonoring themselves by agreeing to "testi-lie" (commit perjury/bear false witness) after being threatened with life in prison, before they finally charged Stewart).
As part of this "wag the dog" political theater, Stewart was denied pre-trial release, despite zero criminal history (just a few speeding tickets!), and was held in solitary confinement for over a year - before, during, and after his trial, including a stint in the "hole" in the notorious DC Jail.
Solitary confinement is used on J-6 prisoners to break them, coercing false confessions, and, even worse, into making "deals" where they dishonor themselves by agreeing to "testi-lie" against other innocent people. It didn't work on Stewart and his brave co-defendants - it only strengthened their resolve. And, despite also being threatened with life in prison, they refused to submit.
Therefore, they were put through a Soviet-style show-trial before an absurdly biased leftist DC judge and jury as part of the Deep State's political "lawfare" against President Trump and the MAGA movement. (see below for more information).
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PATRIOT. Your donation will help him rebuild his shattered life and get back on his feet, to then drive on with his life mission of defending the Constitution. You will also help him with his book project. Stewart's writing a book about Oath Keepers, Jan 6, and the MAGA fight to save our Republic. Even while in prison, he was an outspoken defender of the Constitution, President Trump, and MAGA, in both written articles and interviews.
(Read his work on Substack here: stewartrhodes.substack.com).
Your donations will also fund expected legal fees and costs as Stewart continues to fight leftist "lawfare." He's still a co-defendant with President Trump in three civil suits filed by leftist activist lawyers asserting essentially the same absurd "Big Lie" - that President Trump, as the "kingpin," engaged in a conspiracy with Stewart Rhodes and Oath Keepers, as well as with Enrique Tarrio and the Proud Boys, to "attack Democracy" on Jan 6, 2021, and to "disenfranchise black voters" by challenging the validity of the 2020 election. It's all Alice in Wonderland nonsense, but this is the remaining lawfare that is STILL being waged by the left in civil cases.
God bless you!
2. Remnant Rising Conference
Stewart will be speaking at this event...
Friday August 22 - Sunday August 24, 2025 - Oasis Hotel and Convention Center, Springfield, MO
https://www.hearthewatchmen.com/remnant-rising
What is the Remnant Rising Conference?
Time is up for the corrupt!!! We are living in a time of Great Awakening and exposure of Unprecedented Evil. With that comes a Battle for our Minds, Body and Spirit. As truth is revealed and unraveled, we can become completely overwhelmed, disoriented and in pain beyond anything we've experienced. It's "Go Time" to equip the saints and for the Remnant Body to Rise up!!
Hear the Watchmen's mission since 2015 is to BOLDLY "Gather His People for Worship, Restoration, and Revival." We are the Body of Christ, and believe the BIBLE is THE WORD OF GOD. Christs body is comprised of not just those who are warriors, but those who are broken and need strength and wisdom to overcome the pain, guilt, addiction and sin that has bound them. Many have been spiritually, mentally, and ritually abused since childhood and are starting to recall memories. Others are faithful and need encouragement to take the next step. WE are a beautiful, mixed bag of Peculiar People who want a close, and meaningful relationship, and be obedient to, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Most churches have let us down and do not want to address True REPENTANCE, nor the existence of Fallen Angels, Principalities in high places, and demons who operate through blood oaths, elite bloodlines and deep state actors to tear down humanity, and Christians in particular.
The Remnant Rising Conference 2025 is a hands-on, no holds bar experience of Modern-Day Warriors leading training, worship, fellowship, and prayer. YOU will walk away EMPOWERED, strengthened and supported with new friendships with like-minded believers.
On Sunday we encourage you to renew your faith by getting Baptized or Rededicating yourself to Jesus Christ in the pool.
Join US and experience the movement to EMPOWER THE BODY OF CHRIST and OCCUPY before He comes! We can't wait to meet you!!!
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