Pols go to bat for suspects

A group of six Republican lawmakers held a press conference, amid the heckling of protesters, outside the Department of Justice on Tuesday to demand answers about the treatment of those arrested for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Louis Gohmert (R-Texas), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Bob Good (R-Va.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) made remarks from a podium outside the office of the DOJ.

“We have received reports about mistreatment in the jails,” Gohmert claimed, adding, “We have been asking for months for meetings with the attorney general.”

Among the reported examples of mistreatment listed by the group were due-process violations and the needless use of solitary confinement.