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Capitol Hill Republicans slam treatment of accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists held at D.C. jail

BY: - December 8, 2021

WASHINGTON — Four House Republicans held a Tuesday press conference to complain about the poor conditions at a District of Columbia jail housing inmates charged with violence in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. But a District of Columbia advocate for prison reform in an interview said that jail and another […]

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Trump-loyal Republicans crashed a secure House hearing and abandoned all sense | John L. Micek

BY: - October 24, 2019

Maybe they thought they were standing up for principle. How else to explain the Republican lawmakers who dramatically barged into a closed-door meeting of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday to protest an ever-expanding impeachment probe of President Donald Trump. But whatever principle they were defending — in this case, the fairness and transparency of […]