Federal judge finds DC jail warden in contempt, demands DOJ civil rights probe of Jan. 6 detainees. Hopefully, Warden Wanda is in deep shit.
“For the reasons stated in open court, it is adjudged that the Warden of the D.C. jail Wanda Patten and Director of the D.C. Department of Corrections Quincy Booth are in civil contempt of court,” U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth of Washington ruled Wednesday. “The Clerk of the Court is ordered to transmit a copy of this order to the Attorney General of the United States for appropriate inquiry into potential civil rights violations of Jan. 6 defendants, as exemplified in this case.”
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“I find that the civil rights of the defendant have been abused,” Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, said at the hearing. “I don’t know if it’s because he’s a January 6th defendant or not, but I find this matter should be referred to the attorney general of the United States for a civil rights investigation into whether the D.C. Department of Corrections is violating the civil rights of January 6th defendants … in this and maybe other cases.”
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In the warden's defense, we should keep in mind how dangerous these criminals are. Many of them walked around on the Capitol lawn and took cell phone videos. The horror.
Maybe it’s time to place the shoe upon the other foot and place the warden in jail, leaving them in their cell for 23 hrs a day. Then proceed with others to enjoy some fine accommodation on a metal cot