Washington DC - A federal judge recently granted a request from President Donald Trump's administration to dismiss a January 6 case against the infamous far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers.

Back in April, the Department of Justice urged the court to vacate the convictions of Stewart Rhodes, the group's founder, and other members who had their sentences commuted – but were not pardoned – by Trump's executive order that sought to free January 6 rioters.

On Tuesday, District Judge Amit Mehta issued an order dismissing the seditious conspiracy case, but argued they did so "reluctantly," as the DOJ was asking the court "to absolve these Defendants of crimes against the United States itself."

"This is the last of the prosecutions seeking to hold accountable those responsible for the events of January 6. That book is now closed," Judge Mehta wrote.

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"Today's epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and law enforcement officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy - the peaceful transfer of presidential power – to buckle," the judge added. "The court cannot write a different ending."

Trump has aggressively tried to rewrite the narrative around January 6, insisting rioters were actually "peaceful protesters" who were ultimately wrongly prosecuted by a weaponized justice system.

In an X post, an attorney for Rhodes celebrated the legal victory, arguing that "Seditious Conspiracy should never have been charged," and was done so "as a thought crime."