(The Hill) – Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the anti-government group the Oath Keepers, said it was a “good day for America” when President Trump pardoned him and other Jan. 6 defendants on Monday. “I think it’s a good day for America that all the wrongs are being undone,” he told News4. “None of them should have been here in the first place.” Rhodes stood outside the Washington, D.C. jail waiting for more people to be released. “We’re here to welcome them,” he said. Rhodes, the former leader of the Proud Boys, told the outlet that he was released from a federal correctional facility in Maryland late Monday after Trump issued pardons to more than 1,000 people who stormed the Capitol four years ago. Trump signs order delaying TikTok ban: What happens now? On his first day in office after his inauguration ceremony, Trump granted “full, complete and unconditional” pardons for nearly all of the rioters. “What they’ve done to these people is outrageous,” Trump said while signing executive orders in the Oval Office on Monday. Rhodes was serving an 18-year prison term. He was one of the defendants that had their sentences commuted to time served. The federal judge who oversaw Rhodes’ case said recently the idea of him being absolved of his actions was “frightening.” Supporters of Jan. 6 rioters stood outside in freezing temperatures overnight to wait for defendants to be released, News4 reported. James Lee Bright, an attorney for Rhodes, said they were “deeply thankful” that Trump commuted his sentence but ultimately believe he will later be pardoned or be successful in his appeal of his sedition conviction.