Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says the visit would focus on the conditions of those jailed over Jan. 6, including what she claimed to be “reports of abuse.'
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in Washington, Feb. 8, 2023.Republicans on the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday they are planning a visit with some defendants who are being held in connectionHouse Oversight Committee Chair James Comer of Kentucky and Georgia Rep.
"They're pretrial and they haven't even been convicted and they're not allowed to see their families, many times are not allowed to see their attorneys -- the food has been a major complaint," Greene alleged. "There's been complaints of it tasting like cleaner.”The vast majority of defendants charged in connection with Jan.
An inspection of the facility holding the Jan. 6 defendants, however, "did not identify conditions that would necessitate the transfer of inmates," the Marshals Service said in 2021.
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