{"id":1187742,"date":"2022-01-04T16:19:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187742"},"modified":"2022-01-04T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:19:56","slug":"exclusive-rep-andy-biggs-demands-hearing-over-j6-political-prisoners-egregious-mistreatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-andy-biggs-demands-hearing-over-j6-political-prisoners-egregious-mistreatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive &#8211; Rep. Andy Biggs Demands Hearing over J6 Political Prisoners&#039; &#039;Egregious&#039; Mistreatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-rep-andy-biggs-demands-hearing-over-j6-political-prisoners-egregious-mistreatment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1187742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Untitled-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and 20 Republican&nbsp;representatives&nbsp;on Tuesday demanded a congressional hearing over the reported mistreatment of January 6 political prisoners being held by the D.C. Department of Corrections, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter addressed to&nbsp;House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman&nbsp;Carolyn Maloney<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;(D-NY), Biggs&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">insisted their committees must conduct hearings on the political prisoners\u2019 alleged mistreatment amid reports of civil rights violations:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The defendants are being held in solitary confinement for extended periods of time and there are numerous credible reports that they are being denied access to legal counsel and face retaliation for meeting with legal counsel.<\/p>\n<p>They are being denied medical care, including one defendant who was denied treatment for non-Hodgkin\u2019s.<span class=\"s2\">&nbsp;<\/span>This is a disgusting abuse of power and a clear violation of their civil rights.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter also says the treatment of the political prisoners has \u201cbeen so egregious\u201d that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the ACLU, and&nbsp;U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;have spoken against it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe allegations of mistreatment are extremely troubling and deserve Congress\u2019 attention,\u201d the letter concluded. \u201cYour committees must immediately hold hearings to investigate the allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter was cosigned by 20 Republican members, some of whom aired their concerns the justice system is abusing its authority.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cReports of the abusive treatment of prisoners and gross violations of their constitutional rights are extremely disturbing and demand immediate investigation,\u201d co-signer Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL) told Breitbart News.&nbsp;\u201cCongress must hold hearings to ensure transparency and accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) told Breitbart News the American justice system is predicated on the presumption of innocence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of the charges an incarcerated person faces, correctional authorities should respect and uphold their civil rights and protect their health and safety. In this country, they have the presumption of innocence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rep.&nbsp;Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)&nbsp;pointed out to&nbsp;Breitbart News&nbsp;that&nbsp;the prisoners have not yet faced trial, while Black Lives Matter and \u201cAntifa domestic terrorists\u201d were allowed far better treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe atrocious and inhumane conditions for PRE-TRIAL detainees at the DC Gulag are a clear example of the two-tiered justice system in America,\u201d the firebrand said. \u201cBLM \/ Antifa domestic terrorists are allowed to walk free after burning down our cities with violent riots, but suspected J6 defendants are subjected to worse treatment than convicted terrorists in Gitmo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 20 co-signers are:&nbsp;Rep. Jay Perry (R-ME), Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL), Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX), Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL), Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT), Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX), and Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA).<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and 20 Republican\u00a0representatives\u00a0on Tuesday demanded a congressional hearing over the reported mistreatment of January 6 political prisoners being held by the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1187742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1187742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1187742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1187742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1187742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1187742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}