‘We’re Finished’: Jailer Denies Greene and Gohmert Entry to See Jan. 6 Defendants
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) were denied entry to visit defendants involved in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Greene asked a D.C. jailer Wednesday, “What are you hiding?” She…
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Louie gohmert (R-Texas) were denied entry to visit defendants involved in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Greene asked a D.C. jailer Wednesday, “What are you hiding?”
She added, “I’d like to see the whole facility. I’m concerned about every single person staying here.”
Greene argued as members of Congress they “have oversight over the district.”
Toward the end of the exchange, the jailer told Greene and Gohmert, “We’re finished.”
The lawmaker posted the video to Twitter, saying, “Today and myself were denied entry to visit Louie’s constituent conduct oversight at the DC jail. I’m extremely concerned about the treatment of J6 defendants and now ALL inmates being held there.”
She continued, “Call the jail to demand oversight transparency: 202.673.7316.”
Additionally, Greene posted a U.S. Marshal’s report showing the conditions of the facility “do not meet the minimum standards of confinement as prescribed by the Federal Performance-Based Detention standards.”
Due to the poor conditions, 400 prisoners were moved out of the facility. According to the report, the inspection of the Central Treatment Facility “did not identify conditions that would necessitate the transfer of inmates from that facility at this time.”
The report notes CTF houses roughly 120 detainees, including “all the defendants in pre-trial custody related to the alleged offenses stemming from events that took place on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol, as well as other federal detainees.”