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At the heart of the issue is the commutation of sentences issued by Trump, which rendered the Oathkeepers' prison terms as having been served. The legal question arose whether these commutations also annulled supervised release conditions—a stipulation that requires defendants to check in with probation officers. Stewart Rhodes and his legal team argued that if commutations were aimed at terminating all aspects of punishment, including supervised release, then any restrictions imposed by Judge Mehta were unlawful.