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. No, there are not "hundreds" of Capitol Riot defendants still being detained in the DC Department of Corrections. Fairlamb, age 44 at his sentencing, pleaded guilty in August to assaulting an officer and obstructing an official proceeding of Congress. Stay up to date with what you want to know. Knowledge is power. Wake up! Fellows was locked up for harassing his probation officer and ignored court orders before his trial. Charges: This list of offenses covers only those a defendant pleaded guilty to, or was found guilty of at trial. Fellows, for example, has raised more than $30,000 via the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. January 6 United States Capitol attack. In December 2022, the January 6 committee referred Trump to the Justice Department and recommended four charges: obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., inciting an insurrection and conspiracy to make false statements. Weiss, 61, will be required to register as a sex offender for 25 years. 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. Fellows is not alone in his frustration. The Long Island DJ who recorded himself smoking marijuana inside the U.S. Capitol building was sentenced to three years and five months in prison after pleading guilty to all 10 charges he faced, including civil disorder and committing an act of physical violence on Capitol grounds. The FBI is still seeking the public's help to identify people who took part in one of the most documented crimes in US history. An investigation was launched by a House select committee to look into the attackthe investigation ended in December 2022 and the committee has since been disbanded. ", Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Fourth, with the consent of the detained, televisions cameras, congressional investigators, members of Congress, relevant State officials should be permitted to see these individuals and conditions. 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. According to court documents, Chansley confessed to federal agents that he was the man photographed in former Vice President Mike Pences chair on the Senate dais with his face painted, wearing a horned headdress and no shirt. "I just don't negotiate with terrorists," he said. Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Following his prison term, Miller will be placed on 24 months of supervised release and must pay $2,000 in restitution. Several people died as a result of the insurrection, including protestors like Ashli Babbittwho was shot and killed by police when she tried to break into a protected areaand Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick. Is there truth to jan 6th rioters still being held in DC without being charged? He also posted a video of himself smoking a joint on Snapchat with the caption Smoke out the Capitol, baby.. Clean house of all leftist ideology employees. Violating the terms of either can result in additional punishment, including incarceration. One by one. Jan. 6 defendant Kash Kelly, who is Black, told Hughes that it was false to claim anyone in C2B was a white supremacist. Robert Scott Palmer uses a fire extinguisher against police at the Capitol on Jan. 6. What we know, based on official reports of DC jails where many are held, is just conditions are incorrigible, in some cases objectively inhumane and indefensible. Chansleya self-described shaman and a follower of the QAnon conspiracy theoryis one of the most recognizable Jan. 6 rioters, thanks to viral photographs of his outlandish getup. Federal prosecutors have accused Hale-Cusanelli, a former Army reservist, of being a white supremacist and Holocaust denier. (Insider), Heres a list of the people who have been subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 committee (The Hill), This is a BETA experience. So some of the future sentences could be harsher. And on December 19, 2022, the select committee recommended four charges against Trump: The recommendations, however, don't carry legal weight and the DOJ isn't obligated to follow them. 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. God will not forget them. This table includes the names, charges, links to court documents, and links to additional stories of all the people charged as of February 13, 2023.Insider has since stopped tracking guilty pleas and the charges handed down to Capitol rioters, but other sources, like George Washington University's Program on Extremism, continue to keep track. If that didnt work, they would be framed and persecuted by state and local police and the Democrat-controlled courts would ensure conviction. 50 years later, Democrats are using the same old tactics. "And in the meantime, people should just honestly not donate to Patriot Freedom Project.". 18 months. The main driver of this conflict, according to C2B inmates, along with their attorneys and family members, is the growing pool of money donated in the name of the Jan. 6 defendants. Update 5/2/2021: The Department of Justice originally listed Jared Adams as a defendant who pleaded guilty, but the DOJ later corrected its website to say Adams pleaded not guilty for his charges. This is the first time in history members of Congress have recommended a president for criminal prosecution. After facing criticism, Patriot Freedom Project replaced Hughes' family members on the board, public records indicate. 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. Many years ago, as an Assistant Secretary of State, one of my priorities was assuring any influence America had to seed and preserve rule of law around the world, fair treatment, and generic respect for those arrested, charged and detained was understood by foreign officials. He was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution. So, what can be done to assure that America unlike Russia, China, and half the politicized legal systems of the world does NOT hold, detain indefinitely, mistreat, forget, or otherwise leave an impression that political prisoners exist, part of a nefarious two-tiered system?. Neither Hughes nor Kelly specified exactly which people they were talking about. we must DEMAND it today!!! George Washington University's Program on Extremism, bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol riot, House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. The committee released an 845-page report on Dec. 22, 2022 detailing their findings. You didnt slug anybody, but what you did here was actually obstruct the functioning of the whole government. Courtright pleaded guilty to a charge of entering a restricted building in August, at which point other charges against her were dropped. 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. It would be like seeing the POWs coming home from Vietnam. First, the exact status of all cases should be made public now, and every succeeding day. Hospital continue to put covid patients in hospital wards with immune compromised. In all, a dozen current and former inmates of C2B said they wanted the Patriot Freedom Project to be more transparent. State regulators in a handful of states have said they're looking into whether the group is complying with state charity registration requirements. Matthew Perna committed suicide last Friday after pleading guilty to four charges related to the Capitol riot. Fellows, however, calls Jan. 6 "the best day of my life. Sign up for the Get Up DC newsletter:Your forecast. But five people decided to go public with their criticism. Only around a quarter of those arrested185 individualshave received criminal sentences, while the rest are waiting for their trials or havent yet reached plea agreements. Barnett, age 60 at the time of his arrest, is scheduled to stand trial on Sept. 6 and could face a sentencing of up to 87 months in prison if he is found guilty on all charges. But recently, conflicts have blown up between the inmates and grown into what another attorney referred to as a "schism" and what an inmate compared to a "middle school lunchroom. The bulk of the sentences to date have been for relatively low-level offenses. Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were the only Republicans on the panel. The agency did not respond. WE the People need to rally and protest this outside the gulag and support these people! Ho! He also urged the mob to help him push against law enforcement officers on the Lower West Terrace, putting up his fingers and yelling One, two, three, push! multiple times. And that has more value than all the money in the world. They said they were concerned that the jail grievance system could be used to retaliate against them. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Your news. I do not know but how nice to know that I have not been the only person sorrowing on behalf of some (the vast majority, I suspect) whose participation was not criminal. Inmates use money for items at the jail commissary, time on the phone, bills back home and, perhaps most important, legal assistance. 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)? (Hughes did not respond to NPR's questions about that claim. He had been arrested and charged after a sting operation last April and pleaded guilty to the two felony charges in January. The time is now to insist on that standard and proof of it. Others have gotten more deeply invested in the pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory and have even been writing letters to a post office box that they've heard reaches Trump. A police officer is visible through a broken window of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 7, 2021, the day after a pro-Trump mob broke into the building. He'll serve 8 months in prison and pay a $2,000 restitution fee. Most of the people arrested were allowed to go free while their cases worked their way through court. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider Jan. 6 Panels Final Report: Trump Should Be Barred From Public Office Over Conspiracy To Overturn 2020 Election (Forbes), Oath Keepers Trial: Founder Stewart Rhodes Found Guilty Of Seditious ConspiracyIn A First Since 1995 (Forbes), 465 rioters have pleaded guilty for their role in the Capitol insurrection so far. McCarthy vowed Tuesday to eventually make roughly 42,000 hours of sensitive Capitol Police . Around six dozen defendants who have been charged in Jan. 6 cases remain jailed awaiting trial, according to an Associated Press tally. He funded and armed them to control the citizens. . Je must pick his words and timing very carefully.tactically. Magazines, chased Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, Or create a free account to access more articles, What Happened to the Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Arrested Since the Capitol Riot. By April 2022, the group announced it had raised almost $1.2 million. I can`t believe nobody is comming to their rescue. "I hear he donates $100,000 to us," remembers Fellows, who had arrived at the jail not long before the announcement. 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. Reports flow in through family, friends, official and credible channels that these detainees are isolated, living in poor conditions, cannot meet with reporters, are increasingly invisible, just forgotten people. Fellows was locked up for harassing his probation officer and ignored court orders before his trial. No other judge on the D.C. bench has done so more than once over that same period. Jail Were Ignored Until Jan. 6 Defendants Came Along; The Crisis at the D.C. Federal investigators matched Chapmans Bumble profile to images of him inside the Capitol building. He donated $100,000 to the Patriot Freedom Project, an organization that is providing financial help to Jan. 6 defendants. Robert Palmer was sentenced in mid-December to more than five years 63 months in prison after he admitted to swinging a pole at police and throwing a fire extinguisher and wooden plank at officers. Barnett was photographed with his foot on a desk in Pelosis office during the violence at the Capitol. During his trial, investigators said he showed little remorse and indicated that he wanted to see more violence, alleging he had sent a message to an associate that read, Violence isnt always the answer but in the face of tyranny violence may be the only answer, and Next time we come back with rifles.. Due to COVID-19 protocols, Fellows and other inmates in C2B spent long stretches of the last year alone in their cells for 22 or 23 hours a day. Early on, the group raised big money: The pro-Trump writer and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza donated $100,000. Prosecutors describe Timothy Hale-Cusanelli as a white supremacist and "Nazi sympathizer" who went to work with a "Hitler mustache." But other inmates said they were concerned they had to "suck up" to Hale-Cusanelli to get access to donations. Less than 40 people involved on Jan. 6 are currently detained at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections. <3 <3. But 17 months after the attempted insurrection, a significant number of rioters are still awaiting their sentencing. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Magazines, Digital He received eight months in federal prison and two years of supervised release. According to CBS News' Scott MacFarlane, the handful of high-level January 6 defendants still held in the D.C. jail pending trial have rejoiced over McCarthy's transmission of footage to Carlson . 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. Three others have received prison sentences in excess of 40 months, two of whom Devlyn Thompson and Scott Fairlamb also admitted to assaulting officers. ", As we continue to raise the profile of these individuals, it makes it harder and harder for the lefts phony narrative about an insurrection to stick, rally organizer Matt Braynard, a former 2016 Trump campaign official, said on Steve Bannons podcast released July 30. Likewise people going along with masks as if that would protect anyone from a virus. Imagine the optics of families throwing their arms around the freed thoroughly overjoyed. From your lips to the people maybe justice will be a swift sword to bring an end to their improper imprisonment! e: and that's only if the shaman sits out his full sentence, but even then he's out in 2025 itself. Members of Congress, notably Republicans, have decried conditions are intolerable. That document claims that the group has spent $665,000 on legal aid and financial support to defendants' families. But, my general policy is not to give more time than the government asks, he said at another point. 335. A pro-Trump mob descended on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and hundreds face criminal charges. Judges have a broad amount of latitude to impose sentences as they see fit. Another count to watch: felony threat charges. "As the Select Committee concludes its work, their words must be a clarion call to all Americans: to vigilantly guard our Democracy and to give our vote only to those dutiful in their defense of our Constitution," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in the report. This searchable table shows them all. But judges can also go beyond the governments recommendation and levy an even harsher sentence, though doing so can invite additional scrutiny upon appeal. She pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and admitted to unlawfully entering the Capitol and. The committee has also issued subpoenas to multiple companies like Reddit, Meta and Twitter where its suspected communication regarding the riot took place. "If Cynthia didn't create the Patriot Freedom Project many families would have suffered," the wife of one inmate told NPR. Jacob Lang, who has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he assaulted police with a shield and a bat, praised Hughes and Patriot Freedom Project for providing support to some families and defendants. Three other leaders and members of the organization were charged with other federal offenses and were acquitted of the sedition charges. hide caption. Prosecutors say he breached the Capitol, put his feet up on a senator's desk and smoked a joint, but did not attack police. So far, roughly 165 of the 800+ cases brought as a result of the January 6 attack have been fully adjudicated, with a total of 65 defendants receiving sentences to either jail or prison. (Matt McClain/The . Brandon Fellows pleaded not guilty to charges from his involvement on Jan. 6. The number of people charged in the insurrection has grown as FBI agents pore through video footage, social media posts, phone location data, and tips from the public. Elizabeth Warren and . Whats going to define [the rally] is where its going to take place: were going back to the Capitol.. The J6-er is acquiited on the spot and with a banging of the gavel the prisoner released from jail immediately. The Biden administration is holding dozens of American political prisoners in horrific conditions, many of them based on lies, and new video footage helps to prove that, says StopHate.com founder . For instance, judges can decide not to impose any prison time in spite of the prosecutions request to do so which has happened in several Jan. 6 criminal cases. Some online commenters picked up on the political prisoner theme, while others doubled down on the "hundreds" claim, referencing those still detained in the DC Department of Corrections without bond before their trial. Later that day, the person Chapman communicated with on Bumble contacted the FBI. I made it all the way to Statuary Hall! The person Chapman confessed to then replied, We are not a match.. Heres a look at what happened to 14 of the most high-profile Jan. 6 rioters. I tried to write to one of the January 6th prisoners. Florida resident Paul Hodgkins was the first person federally sentenced in relation to the attack. That's a sliver of the $1.4 million in estimated damages to the Capitol, but. Gracyn Dawn Courtright carrying a sign that reads 'members only' in the Capitol. According to Justice Department officials, more than 140 federal prosecutors have been working on cases related to the January 6 attack in concert with FBI agents from all 50 states in the year and a half since a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol in hopes of preventing Congress from certifying President Joe Bidens 2020 election victory. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Copyright 2023 AMAC, Inc. / AMAC Senior Resources Network. The indictment for seditious conspiracy unveiled against members of the extremist group the Proud Boys is just the latest set of charges to come out of what Attorney General Merrick Garland has called one of the largest, most complex, and most resource-intensive investigation in the history of the US Department of Justice. 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. Many inmates were eager to hear about the launch of the Patriot Freedom Project, which said it would provide financial help to Jan. 6 riot defendants and their families, including cash grants, gifts and legal aid. The time is now to insist on that standard and proof of it. He is a traitor to all Patriots!!! He was sentenced to 44 months in prison, followed by mandatory two years of supervised release. The median prison sentence was 45 days, as of Jan. 1. Among those defendants who are being incarcerated, their stints in prison are often somewhat brief. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Judges have collectively ordered these rioters to pay at least $70,000 in fines and restitution to the US government. Find more info on YOU TUBE; various streamers: Oreo Express, 1791 Storm Trooper, & others. Supporters of Patriot Freedom Project have suggested that undermines his credibility. ', Death toll keeps rising in Greece's deadliest train crash, Brunt of storm moving out of SoCal, light showers on tap Wednesday. Jail Were Ignored Until Jan. 6 Defendants Came Along, The Crisis at the D.C. But he agreed more transparency was needed so "everyone would sleep better at night.". Only seven defendants have been sentenced for felony charges, as of late December. Many of those sentenced so far were convicted for misdemeanor crimes, and have received home confinement or jail terms of . Dinesh D'Souza attends the premiere of his film Death of a Nation in Washington, D.C., in 2018. 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. At the time of his arrest, he bore tattoos with Nazi symbology associated with that gang and was wearing a necklace with a Thors-hammer pendant, the Justice Department wrote. 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. FBI agents conducted a campaign of "shock and awe," in the words of a top prosecutor, making arrests as the Department of Justice rushed to bring charges. What J6 prisoners did on that day can and will be known. The committees final report accuses Trump of inciting the riots in response to the 2020 presidential election and encouraging rioters to overturn the vote, the report also recommends Trump be barred from political office in the future, and recommends the Department of Justice pursue criminal charges of Trump because of his involvement. Cleveland Meredith Jr. received a 28-month prison sentence and Troy Smocks was sentenced to 14 months in jail after the two men separately pleaded guilty to that offense. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial Has that occurred? You didnt just come up and sock a guy in the face, Lamberth said at the sentencing. While these numbers represent just a fraction of the criminal cases to date, they have already become a template for future sentences a foundation that is likely to solidify further as more and more cases reach their conclusion. I pray for all the J6 political prisoners and the unfair treatment they are being given and that the holy energy and love stay with them to endure. I never forgot about the prisoners of January 6th. He compared the drawings to Nazi-style propaganda cartoons. The referral doesn't carry any legal weight, and the Justice Department doesn't have to bring charges because of it. Though there may have been as many as. Televise it. The point of this piece is not to relitigate the protest, election, charges, or anything to do with politics. Once this was exposed to the nation, the Democrats had to retreat and rebuild using a different strategy hiding their true intent in bills with wonderful names all were traps to continue their drive for total control. Elected officials must act or be replaced by elections. Experts on extremism worried that the jail was radicalizing the inmates. as well as other partner offers and accept our. The record is strangely incomplete, access restricted, word barely getting out, and what we know is not reassuring. The defense files a similar brief that is typically far more lenient than what prosecutors request. Some of those trials are months,. There is a strong argument that anyone who was there that day deserves jail, Boasberg said. It is to focus on a simple idea due process and rule of law. The people that have received aid from the Patriot Freedom Project have praised the group effusively. 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. Over two years later, more than 1,000 people have been charged. I see a lot of shoulds in this article, but no actionable processes or procedures to make the rights for these prisoners happen. Stay up to date with what you want to know. More than 600 people have been arrested in connection with January 6, less than 40 remain behind bars, Indictment returned against two men in Maryland for arson conspiracy targeting convenience stores, 2 men arrested in Maryland for trying to set fires in series of convenience store robberies, 2 men arrested in Maryland after causing ATM company to lose at least $249,000, Virginia inmate transferred to new facility after being burned in hot shower while restrained, Snowy and cold or dry and warm? All rights reserved. According to federal prosecutors, among the rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, were more than 20 New Englanders who have since been arrested and/or charged by the FBI with crimes connected to the. WUSA9 is now on Roku and Amazon Fire TVs. A combination of that intense proximity, the stress of criminal cases and a fight over more than a million dollars donated to support the defendants has contributed to the rift. He donated $100,000 to the Patriot Freedom Project, an organization that is providing financial help to Jan. 6 defendants. 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. Many participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots are being held in solitary confinement in Washington, D.C.'s city jail, a situation that's drawing scrutiny from Democratic Sens. 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. that didnt even warrant imprisonment at all. Palmer, age 54 at his sentencing, pleaded guilty in October to assaulting law enforcement officers with a dangerous weapon. Beryl Howell, the D.C. courts chief judge, in late October said that prosecutors approach is almost schizophrenic given the cavernous gap between their characterization of the insurrection and the terms of the plea deals theyre negotiating. See, e.g., January 6 suspects D.C. jail complaints are hypocrital, but theyre not wrong; Specifically, many seem to be isolated, facing poor health, living conditions, treated as if undeserving of the kind of constitutional standards they deserve. Why did AMAC not push back against the plandemic lies?