About 465 rioters have pleaded guilty and entered into plea deals. George Washington University's Program on Extremism, according to Department of Justice filings, Merrick Garland told members of the Senate. He'll serve 8 months in prison and pay a $2,000 restitution fee. The allegations made by prosecutors are consistent with his behavior inside the jail, according to Smocks. The Bill of Rights notwithstanding, many charged individuals remain untried, still mysteriously detained? An additional 57 rioters have been sentenced to periods of home detention, while most sentences have included fines, community service and probation for low-level offenses like illegally parading or demonstrating in the Capitol, which is a misdemeanor. Many of the inmates declined to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and were restricted from going to the barbershop or getting in-person visits. Over two years later, at least 476 people have pleaded guilty in connection to the riot. He was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution. Why, in our land of liberty and justice, are many still detained? The rioters attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 were not mere trespassers engaging in protected First Amendment conduct or protests, Howell said during that sentencing, during which Jack Griffith of Tennessee received three years of probation. Democrats go on and on ad nauseam that they are protectors of democracy, all the while destroying the very foundations of the Constitution and democracy. "The rioters attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 were not mere trespassers engaging in protected First Amendment conduct or protests," Howell said during that sentencing, during which Jack. RELATED: VERIFY: Yes, some Capitol Riot defendants are being held without bond before their trials, But Dr. Keena Blackmon, Public Information Officer for the D.C. Department of Corrections said in an email to WUSA9, As of September 2, 2021, there were 37 residents charged in the January 6th insurrection detained at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections., The defendants include people like alleged Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola and Ethan Nordean, and alleged Oath Keepers Jessica Watkins and Kenneth Harrelson all of whom have been ruled a "danger to the community. On the Patriot Freedom Project's own podcast, Hughes was more defiant in her defense against critics of the group, saying: "They don't affect me because my work speaks for itself.". NOW WATCH: One year later: Insurrection at the Capitol where are they now? I wish that I had stayed home, Coffman told the judge from a remote video screen in jail. Nuts. Continuing: confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor Occurred? Court filings also indicate that Fairlamb briefly entered the Capitol. Hundreds of additional cases are expected to be adjudicated in the coming months, with a number of sentencing hearings already on the calendar this fall. NOW WATCH: One year later: Insurrection at the Capitol where are they now? They identified him by working with New York State authorities and matching his likeness to a 2017 mugshot, in which he had the same distinctive sideburns. Kash Kelly said it was false to claim anyone in C2B was a white supremacist. Fifth, especially in these cases, justice should return to being swift and fair, since the question now arises whether a Democrat-controlled federal and DC government, where anti-Trump feeling runs strong, could be intentionally disregarding these Americans, letting them languish. The combination of a court backlogged with COVID-19-related delays, plus the lumbering nature of a massive federal criminal investigation, has stretched the "pretrial" period to as long as a year or more for some detainees. McCarthy says he will release all 14000 hours of surveillance video from J6. Standing by is the ACLJ, who meets with each wrongfully imprisoned J6-er and begins to file a case on behalf of each prisoner individually, and collectively as a class action against DC Govt the Capitiol Police, the C^^IA, and F^^BI. One inmate described the situation to NPR as "too many rats together in a small cage for too long. No other judge on the D.C. bench has done so more than once over that same period. He assisted rioters, waved his hands and said multiple times Come on as the crowd chanted Heave! ), A particular sore point for some of the inmates of C2B is fear that donations are distributed through "favoritism.". Languerand, age 26 at his sentencing, pleaded guilty in November to assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon. It brought the government to a screeching halt that day, Judge Royce Lamberth, said during the sentencing of Frank Scavo in November. Third, counsel by name for all detained individuals should be made public. An alphabet soup of groups has sprung up to support the Jan. 6 defendants from A4J (Americans For Justice Inc.), to CAPP (Citizens Against Political Persecution), to PFP (Patriot Freedom Project) and PMP (Patriot Mail Project). The House of Representatives narrowly voted to create a commission on June 30, 2021. What can I do? He donated $100,000 to the Patriot Freedom Project, an organization that is providing financial help to Jan. 6 defendants. Following her arrest, Courtright withdrew from college. In so doing they (whoever they are) are in control of the narrative. ", Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It is obvious by now, that no one in our government is going to do anything for these citizens. In one video he posted to Facebook on Jan. 6, Fairlamb yells: What patriots do? When Chavez became president of Venezuela, he changed their Constitution and let the prisoners out of jail. hide caption. That early trend is likely to continue going forward, though it could evolve somewhat as prosecutors proceed with cases against those accused of more serious and complex offenses. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press:LightRocket/Getty. Among those defendants who are being incarcerated, their stints in prison are often somewhat brief. In March, Greene was allowed out of jail and placed in home confinement until he is sentenced. "And in the meantime, people should just honestly not donate to Patriot Freedom Project.". Read more: For the Jan. 6 Rioters, Justice Is Still Coming The D.C. government has promised to improve conditions at the CDF. Four. Of the dozens of people who have been sentenced, fewer than half have received prison time for their actions in the days surrounding the riot. Did you all see the political prisoners are begging to be sent to gitmo?! Meredith gave investigators consent to search his phone, along with his truck and trailer outside. There are more than a dozen defendants who have pleaded guilty to felonies who have yet to be sentenced including some who have been cooperating with investigators. They said they were concerned that the jail grievance system could be used to retaliate against them. That should not be hard. "There is no threat to anybody from our peaceful protest on behalf of the political prisoners who have been persecuted as a result of the Jan. 6 rally," Braynard said. But he agreed more transparency was needed so "everyone would sleep better at night.". I hope my search (for a list) produces good fruit. This searchable table shows them all. <3 <3. Even mainstream media and judicial authorities have begun to acknowledge things are not right. Court records tell a different story. Who knows? . Prosecutors describe Timothy Hale-Cusanelli as a white supremacist and "Nazi sympathizer" who went to work with a "Hitler mustache." Videos from the Capitol riot show Fairlamb climbing on inauguration scaffolding, pushing a police officer into a group of people and punching the officers face shield. I never forgot about the prisoners of January 6th. You didnt slug anybody, but what you did here was actually obstruct the functioning of the whole government. The record is strangely incomplete, access restricted, word barely getting out, and what we know is not reassuring. Over two years later, more than 1,000 people have been charged. Weiss, 61, will be required to register as a sex offender for 25 years. But a few dozen (the precise number has fluctuated) were incarcerated in the city where the Jan. 6 attack took place, in Washington, D.C.'s Correctional Treatment Facility. However they typically rely on a combination of standardized guidelines and recommendations solicited from both the prosecution and defense, in addition to their own intuition, to formulate a sentence. Should,should,should,but what is anyone actually doing to get these Patriots out of jail. She pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and admitted to unlawfully entering the Capitol and. See, e.g., Capitol Breach Cases; One Year Since the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol; At least 800 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. Another 50 have been sentenced to home detention. Our 501 (C)(4) advances initiatives on Capitol Hill, in the state legislatures, and at the local level to protect American values, free speech, the exercise of religion, equality of opportunity, sanctity of life, and the rule of law. He has pleaded not guilty and denied the allegations. Government recommendation: A summary of what sentencing terms the government sought ahead of the judges determination. Meredith, age 53 at his sentencing, pleaded guilty to communicating a threat across state lines. Blocking free speech, ignoring massive Democrat crimes, while framing conservatives, repeatedly framing those who oppose them for crimes the Democrats themselves are actually committing. An even deeper divide has grown around the issue of money. 1TRAVERSE CITY A Traverse City man awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots. Thank you for your scope of coverage. The third person with such a sentence was Jacob Chansley, who did not engage in violence but whose visage as the QAnon shaman became an indelible symbol of Jan. 6. Fellows, for example, has raised more than $30,000 via the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. C-Span. Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff, King asks Duke and Duchess of Sussex to move out of Frogmore so Prince Andrew can move in, Biden Mocks Marjorie Taylor Greene With 1 Simple Hand Gesture, A Nebraska high-school cheerleader competed on her own after the rest of her squad quit. Violating the terms of either can result in additional punishment, including incarceration. Greene is the first self-identified member of the Proud Boysa far-right extremist groupto plead guilty to obstructing Congress and conspiring to obstruct law enforcement during the Capitol attack. At least 800 people have been charged in the Capitol insurrection so far. When Brandon Fellows first arrived in C2B in the summer of 2021, he hoped to find camaraderie with his fellow "patriots," as he calls them. 50 years later, Democrats are using the same old tactics. Judges have waived, or declined to impose, fines on some less-affluent defendants during their sentencing. If sohow many? As donations have grown, so have resentments. 465. One noted: Whats happening to these people being held in custody is wrong, its unconstitutional a violation of their rights See, Congressional Report Details Squalid Conditions Faced By Jan. 6 Defendants; Congressional Republicans slam treatment of Jan. 6 defendants held at D.C. jail. Hale-Cusanelli allegedly breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 but has not been accused of violence or property damage. You have reached your limit of free articles. That event is now 15 months behind us. They are permitted to talk with several of these prisoners & & join them to sing the National Anthem each night together at 9pm. What J6 prisoners did on that day can and will be known. According to the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Columbia, 80 defendants were sentenced to periods of incarceration, with longer prison terms for those who engaged in violence or threats. Prosecutors say he breached the Capitol, put his feet up on a senator's desk and smoked a joint, but did not attack police. He also tried to throw a speaker at the police, but missed and ended up injuring another rioter. Stay up to date with what you want to know. This searchable table shows them all. They need our support!! More than 1,000 people have been charged with crimes linked to the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Thomas Sibick has pleaded not guilty to several charges, including the alleged assault of Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone during the riot. About 140 police officers were injured defending the Capitol. Another count to watch: felony threat charges. Notifications can be turned off anytime in the browser settings. Federal investigators matched Chapmans Bumble profile to images of him inside the Capitol building. "Being incarcerated with a group of people who are from vastly different backgrounds, income brackets, education levels and viewpoints compounded with the stress of solitary confinement, being away from our loved ones and looking down the barrel of 6- to 15-year prison sentences is very stressful, so naturally there is going to be tension," said one inmate, who asked to speak anonymously to discuss the conditions inside the jail. The answer? The atmosphere has grown tense as they await their trials. They use Antifa and BLM to intimidate the public with massive riots, destruction and death. Draped in a Confederate flag, the 21-year-old Maryland man was seen on video throwing objects at police officers and scaling the walls of the Capitol building. One week after Jan. 6, Chapman told someone on the dating app Bumble that he took part in the riot. Many hospitals still requiring even people with open cannulas to wear masks over their faces. How can this be, in a nation with a Bill of Rights, which promises no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law (5th Amendment)? Clean house of all leftist ideology employees. Fellows was locked up for harassing his probation officer and ignored court orders before his trial. And defendants are often reluctant to talk publicly, because they worry their comments might be used against them in court. Many defendants made menacing or threatening comments on social media and elsewhere in the days around Jan. 6, though prosecutors in both cases argued there were unique factors that distinguished the two men criminally from other rioters. A handful of inmates said their experience of being arrested had turned them away from Donald Trump. Every American is owed that clarity. According to court documents, Miller, age 23 at his sentencing in May 2022, threw a full beer can and batteries in the direction of law enforcement. An additional number of defendants around 40, according to a report by two Republican members of Congress released in December are housed in a facility at the District of Columbia jail because they have been determined to be too dangerous to release or have violated their release conditions. hide caption. Your commute. Courtright pleaded guilty to a charge of entering a restricted building in August, at which point other charges against her were dropped. This table is tracking them all. Produce a list, AMAC, dont leave them in obscurity. Several were not willing to go on the record because they were concerned about backlash. Sign up for notifications from Insider! The J6-er is acquiited on the spot and with a banging of the gavel the prisoner released from jail immediately. Jacob Anthony Chansley inside the Senate Chamber. Jail Began Decades Before Jan. 6 Defendants Started Raising Concerns, A Judge Urged The Justice Department To Investigate Jail Conditions For Jan. 6 Defendants, Judge holds Washington, D.C., jail officials in contempt in a Jan. 6 riot case, AMAC Social Security Guarantee & Social Security Plus. Theyd rather that than sit in DC?! What are the names of these prisoners, the charges, and where are they being held? Judges have collectively ordered these rioters to pay at least $70,000 in fines and restitution to the US government. He has pleaded not guilty but was detained before trial because a federal judge found that he posed a danger to the community. This table excludes that charge, as well as other lesser sums. The Department of Justice has an incomplete, frighteningly suggestive reporting system, that indicates one case was dismissed, some resolved by plea, 70 adjudicated but many in perdition, facing seemingly eternal punishment and damnation, no resolution on the horizon. Fairlamb, age 44 at his sentencing, pleaded guilty in August to assaulting an officer and obstructing an official proceeding of Congress. In December, she was sentenced to one month in prison. And so the decision to hold a disparate group of alleged Capitol rioters from all over the country including people linked by prosecutors to the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and QAnon in one section of the jail for a protracted period has had unintended consequences. It took four hours to secure the building so Congress could certify President Joe Biden's victory. Legal . Richard Barnett sits inside the office of Nancy Pelosi. Seven other current and former inmates of the D.C. jail, however, agreed with Smocks and told NPR that Hale-Cusanelli had made antisemitic comments or drawings such as depicting Jewish people as pigs and dropping an atomic bomb on Israel. He said the government had made an "enemy" by prosecuting him and that he rejected a plea offer from the government that would have resulted in a sentence of time served meaning, he would go free. All rights reserved. It's a common refrain from some of those charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies: The Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views while those arrested during last year's protests over racial injustice were given leniency. There have been rioters arrested in nearly all 50 states, and over 260 of them have been charged with more serious crimes relating to assaulting or impeding law enforcement, according to the DOJ. A Texas man who threatened U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter after he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced on Wednesday to more than three years in prison. Chansley, age 34 at his sentencing, pleaded guilty to one charge: obstruction of an official proceeding. "If Cynthia didn't create the Patriot Freedom Project many families would have suffered," the wife of one inmate told NPR. The exterior of the Washington, D.C., jail where a group of defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are detained. Namely, if the government can so blatantly violate their rights, when will my time come? (Honestly! They cannot be detained and forgotten, not in America. "The Patriot Freedom Project's disbursement process is a disgrace to both donors and defendants alike," Thomas Sibick said in a statement. More than 1,000 people have been charged with crimes since supporters of then-President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election. The Florida man who hurled wooden boards and a fire extinguisher at police officers guarding the Lower West Terrace tunnel of the Capitol was sentenced to more than five years in federal prisonthe longest sentence given to anyone charged in the Jan. 6 riot. But then Fellows said he found out the group, led by Cynthia Hughes of New Jersey, was going to pick and choose which defendants and families to support. You may opt-out by. Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images ", RELATED: Alleged Proud Boy tries for bond a 3rd time, after 2 judges have denied him, for charges stemming from Capitol riot, RELATED: Oath Keepers say Capitol riot charges 'unconstitutionally vague,' want indictment tossed. Said it was false to claim anyone in C2B was a white supremacist prisoners of January 6th namely If... 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