Rep. Gaetz Stands Up for J6 Political Prisoners Including Owen Shroyer and John Strand -Bureau of Prisons Director Agrees To Investigate Treatment of J6 Defendants! (Video) | The Gateway Pundit

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) immediately addressed considerations of political retaliation by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons  towards J6 political prisoners and particularly referred to as out the outrageous remedy of Owen Shroyer and John Strand.

The Gateway Pundit  reported  that Infowars reporter and Struggle Room host Owen Shroyer was sentenced to 60 DAYS IN PRISON in September in a DC kangaroo courtroom for his actions on January 6, 2020 and earlier than.

A latest replace on X signifies that Shroyer is now dealing with an additional 30 days in solitary confinement.

The Gateway Pundit also reported that John Strand was sentenced to almost 3 years (32 months)  in jail and, regardless of the Bureau of Jail’s personal scoring system, he was despatched to a jail and positioned in isolation.

J6 political prisoners have confronted maltreatment and deplorable dwelling circumstances.

Congressman Gaetz immediately addressed his considerations to The Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Colette Peters.

Rep. Gaetz: I used to be very heartened by your dialogue of web site visits to our prisons to get firsthand understanding of what’s occurring there. Generally members of Congress have had challenges doing that. May you give us some recommendation? If we wished to glean these advantages and get that firsthand expertise, what’s the easiest way for us to go about that along with your crew?

Director Peters: Thanks, Congressman. So you probably have your crew attain out to our workplace of Legislative Affairs, we will likely be glad to make that association.

Rep. Gaetz: Thanks a lot. Does the Bureau of Prisons retaliate towards folks based mostly on political… on constitutionally protected speech?

Director Peters: I’ve been very clear that retaliation won’t be stood for on my watch.

Rep. Gaetz: And also you’re assured that that’s being noticed all through the Bureau?

Director Peters: I’m assured that message has been delivered. And if anybody engages in retaliation, we’ll maintain them accountable.

Rep. Gaetz: Are you acquainted with the matter of John Strand?

Director Peters: That identify is just not acquainted to me.

Rep. Gaetz: So Mr. Strand was a witness at a listening to that we had concerning a few of the civil rights considerations of people that’d interacted with the Division of Justice in January 6 issues. He was convicted, sentenced at FCI Miami. And I had acquired phrase that he had been positioned into enhanced confinement and into greater acuity, securing as a consequence of data that others had put out on his Twitter feed. So does that ring a bell to you?

Director Peters: Congressman, I wouldn’t be capable to converse to a person’s circumstances concerning their conduct inside our establishments. What I can guarantee you is that if a person is positioned in our particular housing unit, it will be for conduct that occurred contained in the establishment.

Rep. Gaetz: So what’s a particular housing unit?

Director Peters: A particular housing unit is certainly one of our restrictive housing placements that would embody disciplinary segregation, protecting custody, and would home people that both had been at hurt to hurt themselves or others or had really engaged in misbehavior inside our establishment.

Rep. Gaetz: What I’m nervous about is that Mr. Strand gave us testimony about a few of his considerations. And as you recognize, folks give us testimony. We type by means of what’s proper and improper and must be acted on and shouldn’t be acted on. It’s not gospel. It’s simply testimony. However then thereafter, folks had been posting on a few of his social media platforms his considerations in regards to the remedy he’d acquired on the Bureau. After which I despatched a letter to you involved about that, as a result of, such as you, I don’t need anybody retaliated towards for constitutionally protected speech. And thereafter, I obtained a letter again from the aforementioned Workplace of Legislative Affairs in your workplace, they usually say, partially, Mr. Strand was moved to a safe housing unit with elevated supervision and frequent worker contact on September 26, 2023, pending completion of an investigation. So I assume my query is, is that, like, akin to what we’d usually take into consideration as solitary confinement? These phrases, safe housing unit with elevated supervision and frequent worker contact.

Director Peters: We’d use the phrase restrictive housing.

Rep. Gaetz: Okay, so what’s this, then? As a result of this man’s a nonviolent. He was by no means violent towards anybody. So I’m simply questioning why the property that we fund for the very best acuity, violent folks can be used for this goal.

Director Peters: Congressman, we use that particular housing unit for people that interact in any type of misconduct inside our establishments. I don’t know what he was discovered to be responsible of by our hearings. Administrative course of that may warrant his want to enter restrictive housing, however I guarantee you, we’ve administrative processes that individuals need to undergo earlier than these placements really happen.

Rep. Gaetz: Yeah, I get that you would be able to’t know the circumstances of each single prisoner all through the Bureau. That is one I’ve ripened and despatched to you as a result of I’m nervous that all through our Division of Justice and what we’ve endured, that there are some people who find themselves type of getting used as pawns they usually’re being mistreated to be able to ship a message to different folks. And I’m grateful that you simply’ve stated right here that’s not your doctrine. You don’t wish to see that occur. However you additionally haven’t been in a position to share with us a whole confidence that that isn’t taking place in some circumstances, and I’m nervous that it’s taking place right here. Have you ever heard of the matter of Owen Schrayer?

Director Peters: No. That identify is just not acquainted to me.

Rep. Gaetz: Very comparable reality sample. Someone who’d type of spoken out, was distinguished within the public, was convicted as a consequence of actions on January 6, and now feels as if there’s particular Bureau of Jail Retaliation. I don’t assume any group of individuals must be retaliated once more. So I stay up for taking you up on the supply to maybe go and do some web site visits and see how persons are being handled and get that info immediately. So I hope I get immediate cooperation from OLA.

My workplace has acquired disturbing allegations of political retaliation by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons towards @JohnStrandUSA and @OwenShroyer1776.

I’m trying ahead to taking on Director Peters on her supply for on-site visits to research how J6 defendants are being handled. pic.twitter.com/pNedDMLfIT

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) November 7, 2023

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