Days earlier, President Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people sentenced in connection with the January 6 attacks.

A U.S. federal judge has barred several high-profile figures involved in the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, from entering Washington, D.C., without court permission as a condition of their release from prison.

On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta for the District of Columbia issued a ruling that applies to Stuart Rhodesthe former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and seven others.

“You may not knowingly enter the District of Columbia without the permission of the court,” Mehta’s order reads.

The decision follows President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to pardon nearly all 1,583 people They face federal charges for their role in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

On January 6 of that year, Trump supporters attacked law enforcement and stormed the building in an attempt to overturn the Republican Party’s loss in the 2020 election. Lawmakers were forced to halt the certification of Electoral College votes and flee.

Rhodes was given 18 years in prisonwas one of 14 defendants who saw Trump commute their sentences rather than receive full pardons. A reduced sentence does not mean that the defendant is not guilty, but it reduces the punishment that the defendant may face.

trump card Announce Commutations and pardons came on Monday in the first hours of his second term. A day later, Rod was released from prison.

On Wednesday, he visited the U.S. Capitol and met with at least one lawmaker, the Associated Press reported. The news agency reported that Rhodes also spoke to other officials on January 6 and defended his actions.

“My only crime is standing up to those who are destroying the country,” Rhodes told reporters, echoing Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen due to massive fraud. “We stood up for our country because we knew the election was stolen. Biden did not receive 81 million votes.”

Experts worry that pardons could legitimize political violence.

Those pardoned include Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes.

After Tarrio was released and returned home to Florida, he appeared on the far-right media Infowars, promising “revenge.”

“People who do this need to feel the heat,” Tarrio said. “They need to be jailed, they need to be prosecuted.”

Trump himself leans heavily toward rhetoric of revenge and revenge, suggesting that members of Congress involved in the congressional investigation into the Capitol attack should themselves be investigated.

He also said they could face criminal charges of treason and “court martial.”

“Honestly, they should be in jail for what they did,” Trump said on the television show “Meet the Press” in December.