Jan 6 prisoners Trump has vowed to free are becoming more radicalized inside jail, report says [View all]

Source: The Independent

11 hours ago


Prisoners charged with and convicted of crimes related to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, are reportedly growing more radical by being held together in a Washington, D.C., a harbinger of the dark mood around the 2024 election as top Republicans continue to deny or avoid the fact Trump lost the 2020 election and the former president himself has mused publicly in recent days that his supporters want him to “go after” his enemies.

Current and former inmates of the unit at the D.C. Jail, dubbed the “Patriot Wing,” told New York Magazine that their time facing charges for January 6 and living together only hardened their support for the false stolen election claims of Donald Trump, who has promised to pardon January 6 rioters.

“I haven’t met a single person here who regrets January 6,” Dominic Box, 34, who is charged with felony civil disorder, told the magazine. “Or who doesn’t think that it was a noble cause.” “I definitely am so much more for overthrowing the government after what they did to me,” former Patriot Wing inmate Brandon Fellows added in the piece. “I’m totally down. Especially if Trump doesn’t get in. I want it to happen. I wasn’t onboard before, but now — f*** these guys.”

Inside the wing, inmates also reportedly screen new transfers for their politics and ideology, and make threats to those who cooperated with the government or are suspected to be informants. The Independent has contacted officials overseeing the D.C. jail for comment.

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