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As we approach the one-year anniversary of the January 6 rally and breach of the Capitol Building, it’s time to take an unsparing look at what our “justice” system has become.

I know you share my deep concern that our judicial system increasingly –- and quite openly –- operates like that of a banana republic. The country is changing before our eyes. Yesterday, we looked at the use of “lawfare” to sway election outcomes, with Harvard Law School graduating an army of leftist attorneys specializing in how to manipulate election law. Today, let’s examine how leftist attorneys are weaponizing law enforcement and the courts against their political enemies. Case in point: the shocking violations of the civil rights of Trump supporters who were at the Capitol on January 6. Most say they can’t see their lawyers at all.

I just received this letter from reader Marlene:

“PLEASE tell your readers how to make a difference in how the J6 prisoners are being treated. How can we get this showcased in our communities?

“I live in NY and I will find out who to start writing, and start a petition demanding justice and fairness in their treatment. What else might be successful? This is unacceptable and I can only believe not enough people know about this. Is it legal to protest at the site they are being held? I will pray first, because I know that is where any success is going to come from, but if you can help with any direction I would appreciate it.”

Thanks to Marlene for writing. Yes, this is completely unacceptable and, yes, there are things we can and must do. Two Republican members of Congress, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Texas Rep. Louis Gohmert are leading the way on this issue with a new report called “UNUSUALLY CRUEL: An eyewitness report from inside the DC jail.” On November 4, the two legislators, along with congressional staff members, were finally allowed to tour two jail facilities –- the Central Detention Facility (CDF) and, especially, the Central Treatment Facility (CTF), which houses the J6 detainees –-after two unsuccessful attempts by them and also by Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Paul Gosar of Arizona.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/12/07/reps-greene-and-gohmert-finally-met-the-j6-political-prisoners-what-they-saw-isnt-pretty-n1539714

Amazingly, it took a congressional letter and a confrontation with the DC mayor’s office and the Department of Corrections staff to get them in. The letter said they have “the right, prerogative, and duty as Members of Congress to inquire and inspect.” Even then, they say, after two hours of being shown around, they still hadn’t seen any of the J6 political prisoners (let’s call them what they are). It took an 11-minute “heated confrontation,” Greene says in her report, to make that happen. They finally got to meet with the approximately 40 prisoners, in an area of the prison that looked to them “much older” and not updated like the rest of the prison. According to one inmate, it had previously been used as a psychiatric ward.

Some prisoners cried and were “visibly shaken,” Green says. “The physical conditions in which they are held could only be described as inhumane.” The detainees claim they haven’t been able to see their lawyers and family members. Those who decline vaccination are not allowed to get haircuts –- and they’ve been there so long, they’re probably starting to look like someone else who was locked in a tower: Rapunzel. Some –- notably a 71-year-old detainee (!) named Lonnie Leroy Coffman, who has a very serious-looking injury to his arm –- need medical attention. (Other prisoners say Coffman really needs to be released.)

They hold their own religious services where they are because they are not allowed to attend any. Each day, they do their own salute to the flag and sing the National Anthem.

Greene was told of these prisoners being treated much more harshly than the others, with some reports of beatings. Other prisoners in the facility have access to flat-screen TVs, medical care, and reading material, though Greene describes this in the report as emphasizing “the supposed cruelty and racial prejudice of the U.S. prison system,” also promoting Nation of Islam and Critical Race Theory. One book prisoners were about to read was “THE NEW JIM CROW: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.” At the same time, one hallway was lined with posters encouraging the freshly-indoctrinated inmates to register to vote. This in itself might be a topic for another day.

So, the J6 political prisoners have been in this place for going on a year, haven’t had their day in court, don’t see their families, don’t see their lawyers, are singled out for bad treatment and don’t even have access to reading material (not that they’d want THAT reading material)? The conclusion of Greene’s report includes this statement: “The congressional visit to the DC jail on November 4 unquestionably proved that there is a twotrack justice system in the United States. This two-tiered system is not based on race, violence or conviction of crime, but politics.”

Greene and Gohmert got to visit with the prisoners for about an hour. Before leaving, Greene prayed with them as a group and told them, “We’ve heard terrible things and I want you to know that Congressman Gohmert and I have basically refused to back down on the issue.” They said they had not lost hope. As the delegation was escorted out, they chanted, “U-S-A! U-S-A!” and then, “LET’S GO BRANDON!”

“The severe treatment of these inmates within the facility cannot be overstated,” the report says. None of these people have had trials or been found guilty of anything. Video shows that some who came into the Capitol that day were waved in by security. Some never even entered at all; they just happened to cross some “invisible line” outside.

Here’s a link to a pdf of the full report. The part specifically covering their visit with the J6 detainees –- including a transcript of the “heated conversation” preceding it –- starts on page 12 and is a must-read.

https://greene.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/greene.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Unusually%20Cruel%20An%20Eyewitness%20Report%20From%20The%20DC%20Jail.pdf

Sharon Caldwell, wife of one of the detainees who at least is now on house arrest, wrote of the plight of those in prison and offered some specific ways to help.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/how_to_help_j6_defendants.html

“There are many ways you can help a J6er,” she writes. “You may donate to individual defendants, adopt a family in need this holiday season, and get information on how to send cards and letters to those incarcerated or under house arrest. Prayers, cards and letters provide tremendous joy, hope and strength to those affected. Here’s how to get mail to them.

https://www.patriotfreedomproject.com/connect-with-a-1/6er

More this weekend on what we can do to help our American political prisoners and bring their situation to light.

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  • Reynolds Griffith

    12/11/2021 06:27 PM

    What happened to Habeas Corpus?

  • Dan Kloppenborg

    12/11/2021 04:49 PM

    Just finished reading Dinesh D"Souza's book The Roots of Obama's rage - It seems like either Obama is influencing what Biden is doing or someone in agreement with Obama is doing it. Many things that Biden is doing are very similar to what Obama would do. The idea of making the USA not to be exceptional bringing us down to ordinary. Using our resources not for us but for other countries. If you get time please read it.

  • Lloyd Richardson

    12/11/2021 04:39 PM

    Why is no one connecting the dots on the TEMPORARY easing of gas prices? It is certainly due to Biden's release from the Strategic Oil Reserve, which will wash through the market in weeks-- unless Biden continues with releases periodically (through the elections). Too bad those reserves are intended for protection from bad actors internationally, not lousy federal energy policy. And of course they are finite. LR

  • Susan Norman

    12/11/2021 03:06 PM

    Thank you for this article on how to help the J6PoliticalPrisoners. I have written to my Senators and my Congressman. Only one senator replied, and that was a less than satisfactory reply. I have been trying to find another way to address the issue. Thank you for providing that. And thank you to the legisltors who are trying to correct the injustices being done to these people. Justice should be fair.

  • Debby Baker

    12/11/2021 02:55 PM

    This is beyond terrible…WE SHOULD ALLLLL BE VERY AFRAID OF WHATS HAPPENING!! These are AMERICANS!!????. Mr. Huckabee…can we start petitions?…can we GO there and have a stage in? Why can’t the military go in and rescue these AMERICANS??? The Mail of DC and the Police Commissioner and Nancy Pelosi stage the entire thing. My friends and I were suppose to go and got left behind… (our own fault) but so glad I didn’t go…I cd have been a prisoner or dead like the woman they murdered. I SAW AND QUESTIONED “rioters “ that were ARMED WITH those police acrylic professional body shields and in gear busting the windows/glass. So where did they get those body shields?? I watched..zoomed in…checked the other polices shields…VERY SAME ONES!!..was amazed at the strength of those things but those shields with enough force and continued hits… busted open a door and a window!! They were NOT TRUMP SUPPORTERS!! Then the inside cops just let everyone in..even some media came in and were touring and walking in with everyone!!! Where are they??? I’m saying… IT IS THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER THAT IS THE HEAVY IN ALL THIS… with Pelosi s hand. WE MUST NOT STALL THIS ANY LONGER…get these people out NOW!!

  • Bob Hieronymus

    12/11/2021 02:18 PM

    Mike, I read Rep. Greene's report, starting at page 12 (as you recommended) and am utterly disgusted with the way the J6 "prisoners" are being treated. Terrorist inmates at Gitmo are treated better! These J6 people should all be out of prison pending their trials -- innocent until proved guilty!!!!. They are political prisoners of the Democrat party apparatus. Can you keep us updated on the progress of their cases?

  • Lynn Wellings

    12/11/2021 01:40 PM

    Thank you Mike for bringing the matter of the Jan 6th detainees to the attention of your readers…I had no idea that our justice system had gone so awry. I will support the efforts for their defense, immediate trial and send the message on to all those with whom I associate.

  • Rosemarie Mitchell

    12/11/2021 01:30 PM

    I love watching the Huckabee show and your guests. Please use your platform and contacts to pressure Republicans to stop the madness in the Biden Administration now for 2022 is too late looking at the speed of destruction since January. They said they will change this country which means only a foreign enemy would destroy our history, Constitution ,freedoms, and national security. The Democrats are either brainwashed, threatened or plain naive. But, we the people must stop them now by immediate impeachment for treason proven over and over by letting enemies enter our border taking away our safety ,censoring us and they are violating their oaths to uphold the Constitution which is treason. The whole world is witness to our sudden destruction surely all intentional with using a forgetful Joe Biden to get him deceitfully elected so China? Taliban? can control us. All is obvious that it was planned and for Biden to immediately remove most of Trump's policies to change our country as they said. It is treason and everyone knows it and speaks it like Kevin Mccarthy yet they foolishly think there is time to wait till 2022? We must have them immediately arrested and sued or impeached for treason and get the real President trump back to help us before it is too late. Interview Mike Lindell who has physical proof but just watching forgetful Biden and the state of our country is proof enough to know it was planned using election fraud. Still cowardly Republicans won't remove Joe when it is so obvious he is unable to do this job yet we allow him to remain. Any company would fire a forgetful man trying to play CEO as you would be out of a job if you had to be told what to say and do and be held by the hand. Why are our leaders allowing Joe to remain and Harris, and Pelosi all the administration are in violation of doing their job to follow the Constitution. Please use your platform that we the people are in charge and we need to remove these enemies.Our Constitution says we have the right to change the government if is destructive. Thank you and may Jesus bless you

  • Jim Craighead

    12/11/2021 12:52 PM

    How can this be allowed in our country? Where is the outcry from our elected officials in congress? Are our Republican representatives and senators all afraid of speaking out? This should be a call to action by ALL Americans. It is beyond a national disgrace. I wouldcall for immediate accountability.

  • Jearetta Clayborn

    12/11/2021 11:40 AM

    Petitions need to be started in each state. This injustice and rights of these prisoners should be corrected. All congress, governors, and senators should join forces and get this corrected. This is what We the People pay them to do.

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