During a field hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, a contingent of House Republicans weighed using the power of the purse to respond to alleged civil rights violations of Jan. 6 prisoners and defendants.
The hearing, hosted in the Capitol Visitor Center and open to the public, focused on the investigations, prosecutions, and targeting of individuals in the aftermath of January 6th, 2021. It was led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who was joined by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Troy Nehls (R-Texas), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.).
(L-R): Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) head up a panel on Jan. 6 prisoners. (Joseph Lord/The Epoch Times)
Members of the crowd wore t-shirts calling for justice for Rosanne Boyland, one of the supporters of President Donald Trump killed that day. Another protestor named Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed Air Force veteran who was shot and killed by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd was also addressed during the hearing, with Nehls calling for an indictment of Byrd and an investigation into Babbitt’s death….