Oath Keepers Sentences Delayed Awaiting Supreme Court Ruling on Felony Obstruction Charge

The specter of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the controversial use of an evidence-tampering law in Jan. 6 felony prosecutions has caused a delay in sentencing of 10 Oath Keepers defendants. The most recent delay was granted on March 22 to Thomas Caldwell, who had been scheduled for an April 4 sentencing on counts of obstruction of an official proceeding and tampering with documents or proceedings. United States District Judge Amit Mehta rescheduled Mr. Caldwell’s sentencing for 10 a.m. on July 26 in Washington. Mr. Caldwell, 69, of Berryville, Virginia, is not an Oath Keeper but was tried as a co-conspirator in the first Oath Keepers trial that ended in November 2022....