Some far-right extremists are relishing the idea of violence at the "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump set to happen in over 2,000 cities this weekend. But others have the exact opposite take on the matter.

On Friday, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told conspiracy theorist webcaster Alex Jones that Trump supporters ought to stay far away from these protests, lest they add fuel to what he imagines will be a Democratic false flag event.

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the founder and former leader of the Oath Keepers, told reporters at CPAC Thursday that he would enjoy working for the FBI or for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

Rhodes, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of sedition after the January 6 insurrection, had his sentence commuted by President Donald Trump. Now he wants to go to work for the government.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers — fresh off a presidential pardon for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — plan to hold a news conference Friday outside that very building.

“We’re gonna be making an announcement,” Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio told Raw Story at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC. “We got a press conference we're gonna hold tomorrow in front of the Capitol.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi's Department of Justice reportedly argued that President Donald Trump's pardon covered grenades and stolen classified information found at the home of Jan. 6 defendant Jeremy Brown, a member of the Oath Keepers.

In a 2023 press release, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, said Brown was sentenced to prison for over seven years "for possession of unregistered short-barrel firearms, possession of unregistered explosive grenades, improper storage of explosive grenades, and retention of classified information."

Stewart Rhodes and his fellow Oath Keepers were freed from jail earlier this week after President Donald Trump commuted their prison sentences.

However, that does not mean that they will suddenly enjoy all of the same rights as American citizens who have not been convicted on seditious conspiracy charges.

A convicted Jan. 6 rioter may have thought he was getting a free ride out of prison like countless others when President Donald Trump issued a blanket pardon for crimes related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol. But as of Thursday, a judge ruled he must return to prison.

Dan Wilson of Louisville, Kentucky, attacked the Capitol with the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group whose leaders were convicted of seditious conspiracy before Trump commuted their sentence. He was active in planning the attack, at one point telling his colleagues, "I am ready to lay my life on the line. It is time for good men to do bad things."

Edward Martin, the acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, is asking a federal judge to eliminate all restrictions on the previously incarcerated leaders of the far-right Oath Keepers paramilitary from visiting the capital.

Stewart Rhodes and several other Oath Keepers leaders were convicted of seditious conspiracy against the United States for their role in the Jan. 6 attack. After Trump commuted their sentences in his sweeping Jan. 6 pardon order, a federal judge issued an amended supervised release order, which limits them from visiting D.C. in general without court permission.