Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III said he and Florida Oath Keepers leader Kelly Meggs are being held in solitary confinement in the District of Columbia jail as a punishment for being outspoken in the media about their seditious-conspiracy convictions in relation to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol.
Rhodes said he and Meggs were put in “involuntary protective custody” on the orders of Deputy Warden Kathleen Landerkin, who made headlines in 2021 for refusing GOP lawmakers entry into the jail for a welfare check of Jan. 6 pretrial detainees.
Rhodes said he is being treated like he’s Hannibal Lecter, the fictional serial killer and cannibal from popular novels and Hollywood films….