those people in the oath keepers case should be facing. katelyn polantz, cnn, washington. lawyers for donald trump are asking a judge to prevent e. jean carroll from amending her defamation lawsuit against the former president. carroll, a 79-year-old advice columnist, wants to amend the suit because of comments trump made in a recent cnn town hall. during that televised event, the former president referred to carroll as, quote, a whack job, and said the multi-million dollar judgment against him was, in his words, a rigged deal. jurors in that case found trump liable for sexually abusing carroll in a department store dressing room in the 1990s and then defaming her when she went public. a south carolina judge has temporarily blocked the state s new abortion restrictions. on thursday, the governor signed a law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy,
this comes a day after the group s father received a stiff sentence for seditious conspiracy. here s cnn s katelyn polantz. reporter: in court this week the top of the pyramid of the oath keepers, that right-wing group that appeared on january 6th and marched inside the u.s. capitol building in that riot for donald trump, they were sentenced to federal prison. so the top of that hierarchy of the oath keepers was stwurts rhodes, the leader of the group. he was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on thursday. his deputy kelly meggs 12 years. and two others, kenneth harrison from florida four years and jessica watkins 8 1/2 years. the judge who delivered all of these sentences on thursday and friday, his name is amit mehta. he s a federal judge in d.c. and he assessed each person differently but recognized that all of these people were not foot soldiers, they were people who played different specific
6th and marched inside the u.s. capitol building in that riot for donald trump, they were sentenced to federal prison. so the top of that hierarchy of the oath keepers was stewart rhodes, the leader of the group. he was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on thursday. his deputy, kelly meggs, 12 years. then kenneth harrelson from florida, four years, and jessica watkins, 8 1/2 years. the judge who delivered all of these sentences on thursday and fr friday, he s a federal judge in d.c., and he assessed each person differently but recognized that all of these people were not foot soldiers. they were people who played different specific and very important roles within this oath keepers group that assembled on january 6th. so stewart rhodes clearly was much different than the rest. none of them would have been there if he had not decided to bring his organization together on january 6th and to assemble them. but these others were involved
as multiple witnesses which told them, he displayed classified information to visitors, left and out, and showed it to others. the report says, trump also, allegedly, conducted a dress rehearsal, as we were just saying. the reason is that he was trying to make sure he could move the sensitive papers. again, that is according to a shift to put through premier league. more than two weeks after the deadly attack on the hasse the u.s. capitol were handed stiff prison sentences on tuesday. oath keepers founder, stewart rhodes, who played a central role on january 6th, was unrepentant. declaring himself, a political prisoner. cnn s katelyn polantz, as the details. stewart rhodes, the founder of oath keepers, sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on thursday. that is a sentence, the largest among any january 6th capitol riot defendant, and the reason that rhodes is receiving that much time is because the judge
and i m max foster. just ahead negotiations still ongoing, still unresolved. stewart rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on thursday. have a good day. next. memorial day weekend is just the start of what will be a busy summer travel season that we re expecting. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 26, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where they are moving