Greene, GOP colleagues call for firing of DC Corrections official who 'despises' Trump and supporters
Rep.
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and 13 other Republicans are calling for the immediate termination of the deputy warden in charge of inmates connected to the Jan. 6 riot, who are being held inside a Washington, D.C. jail.
In a letter to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser shared on Twitter, Greene accused D.C. Central Detention Facility (CDF) Deputy
Warden Kathleen Landerkin of "displaying animus toward anyone who supports
Donald J. Trump" and of a perceived bias against Trump supporters.
"While most of these inmates have no prior criminal history and have yet to be convicted of any crime, Landerkin is allowing them to be treated as subhuman," Greene wrote in the letter Thursday signed by fellow Republican Reps.
Paul Gosar (Ariz.),
Matt Gaetz (Fla.),
Andy Harris (Md.) and
Lauren Boebert (Colo.).
Less than 40 of those individuals are being held in the DC jails, according to Department of Correction officials, who
spoke to WUSA9. But reports of those inmates being mistreated have spurred protests and outcries among conservative circles.
In October, a
judge ruled the D.C. Department of Corrections had violated the rights of one defendant jailed for the Jan. 6 riot by impeding his access to medical care.
Greene's report also alleges inmates had numerous health conditions that were not being properly treated. Lonnie Coffman, who faces a 17-count indictment for allegedly bringing 11 molotov cocktails and other firearms to the riot, was "in such poor condition that his lower forearm had turned purple and his thumb, black."
Last month, the U.S. Marshals Service
inspected the jail complex where the rioters are being held and found it to be sufficient.
But in Thursday's letter, lawmakers said Landerkin showed a clear bias and should be removed.
The letter, without citing direct evidence, accused Landerkin of calling Trump a "pig," and "equating Christians to the Ku Klux Klan," as well as saying Ashli Babbit, a rioter who was killed on Jan. 6, "was responsible for being shot."
"These examples are a mere drop in the ocean of statements which Landerkin has publicly supported over the last seven years," the letter reads.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and 13 other Republicans are calling for the immediate termination of the deputy warden in charge of inmates connected to the Jan. 6 riot, who are being held ins…
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