January 6 defendants will no longer be restricted from visiting the U.S. Capitol following a ruling from Federal Judge Amit Mehta.

Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder and convicted seditionist whom Donald Trump recently freed, has been barred from visiting Washington, D.C.

A judge had ordered the Oath Keeper members convicted of crimes related to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, to be barred from entering the U.S. Capitol court permission.

The judge said it was "reasonable" the Justice Department interpreted Trump's Jan. 6 commutations to cover the defendants' prison sentences and wipe away their terms of supervised release.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta placed the restriction on Friday after Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes met with GOP lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday, days after he and eight of his lieutenants had their years-long prison sentences commuted to time served.

Several members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group, cannot enter Washington, DC, or the grounds of the US Capitol without first receiving court permission, a federal judge said Friday, days after President Donald Trump commuted their prison sentences.

Stewart Rhodes, previously sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy, was at the Capitol Wednesday chatting up lawmakers and reporters.

A federal judge barred the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and several associates convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from entering Washington — or the

President Donald Trump commuted the extremist group leader's 18-year prison sentence in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Commuted Jan. 6 defendants could challenge a federal judge's order barring them from entering Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Capitol on constitutional grounds, one expert says.