Free the January 6 prisoners
This is not a long post but it is an important one. I don’t know anyone in DC. I expect that’s true of most of us at the Capitol of January 6. It must be horrendous for families to have their loved ones in limbo so far away, and it must be horrendous to be imprisoned so far away from your loved ones in such a limbo.
I had the opportunity to hear Brooke Rollins speak two weeks ago. Rollins was director of the United States Domestic Policy Council for President Trump. During the Q&A I asked, "what can we do for the January 6 prisoners?"
She seemed genuinely angry at their treatment, and that they're still held without trial, but the only advice she could offer was, write your representatives.
So I sent this letter to my Senators, my governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and state representatives.
It is unconscionable that we are still holding so many January 6 prisoners without trial or bail.
I do not know the truth of the accusations against them. I cannot trust the media; I know that the media lied about conditions outside of the Capitol: I was there.
Naively, I initially believed media reports about what was happening inside. Then slowly it came out that everything they'd reported about assaults and deaths was not just wrong but a lie.
I cannot trust the Capitol Police. At best they allowed these lies to circulate for months, slandering all of us, before acknowledging they were lies.
At worst, they were complicit in spreading those lies.
But I do know that it is wrong that more than a year later they are still awaiting trial with no bail. The reporting by Julie Kelly and others on conditions within the prison and the long continued incarceration without trial or bail is heartbreaking.
Please do everything you can to bring them home. Please do everything you can to help them and their families.
This isn’t much of a letter, but that’s partly because this should go without saying. I cannot understand why everyone in DC is silent about the uniquely bad treatment meted out to these prisoners.
The only other way I know to help is the fund for their families. I learned about it from Julie Kelly, who has been the best voice for the January 6 prisoners I know about. It looks like they may also be trying to get lawyers on board for pro-bono representation, which would be great if they can do it.
In response to The January 6 witch-hunt: If there’s a witch-hunt starting, I’ve decided it’s best to identify as a witch.
- We Are All Domestic Terrorists Now: Julie Kelly at American Greatness
- “Although Hodgkins did not commit a single violent act on January 6, federal prosecutors nonetheless consider him a domestic terrorist and want him punished accordingly.”
- Patriot Freedom Project: Cynthia Hughes
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“There are women and children literally in peril because of the wrongful detention of their husbands. There are children without a father at home and we as Americans must rally around these families and help TODAY! We must speak out! We need to stand up and demand the release of ALL the political prisoners!”
- ‘It’s Time to Stand Up For Ourselves and Our Country’: Julie Kelly at American Greatness
- “If I don’t stand up and speak out, who will? All the J6 defendants deserve someone to stand up and speak for them. I have made mistakes but if God is willing to use me and my story, whatever horrible things come, I am willing to do that.”
- Did the Justice Department Lie About Pence and Harris’ Location on January 6?: Julie Kelly at American Greatness
- “January 6 is a tissue of myths, cover-ups, manufactured hysteria, and outright lies… not only does it exonerate Griffin, who never entered the building, but hundreds of Americans charged under the same premise.”
- D’Souzas Donate $100,000 to January 6 Family Fund: Julie Kelly at American Greatness
- “Dozens of Americans who’ve been arrested and charged have languished in jail for months awaiting trial, denied bail by federal judges as Joe Biden’s Justice Department repeatedly seeks pre-trial detention even for nonviolent offenders. Many remain held in a D.C. jail used specifically to house January 6 protesters, creating a class of political prisoners who face an unequal system of justice based on their political views and activity. This group includes veterans, former law enforcement officers, and active military personnel.”
- Lump of Coal Awards 2021: January 6 Edition: Julie Kelly at American Greatness
- “…every lever of government power in Washington, D.C. has been wielded in a vengeful way against American citizens who dared to protest the rigged 2020 presidential election. The conduct of those in charge has exposed the moral depravity of the people who populate the power center of the world’s greatest country…”
- New Capitol Video Contradicts Justice Department, Media Narrative on January 6: Julie Kelly at American Greatness
- “Over the objection of Joe Biden’s Justice Department, a lengthy video clip showing U.S. Capitol Police allowing hundreds of people into the building on the afternoon of January 6 has been released to the public.”
- ‘Unprecedented, Unreasonable, Unconstitutional, and Wrong’: Julie Kelly at American Greatness
- “The Justice Department won’t have January 6 evidence ready until 2022… ‘No January Sixer should be made to suffer in a jail cell while the DOJ continues to delay discovery simply because it can.’”
More January 6
- Trump and the January 6 defendants
- There appears to be a concerted effort on conservative forums to blame Trump for not doing anything for the January 6 prisoners and defendants. Is it true?
- January 6 nightmare worthy of Kafka
- January 6 prisoners have been in jail for longer than the punishment for what DC claims they did, and they haven’t even been convicted yet.
- The January 6 witch-hunt
- If there’s a witch-hunt starting, I’ve decided it’s best to identify as a witch.
- Trump’s rally: the media is the dog
- I was at the rally in DC, and what I saw is completely at odds with what’s being reported.