Gateway Pundit and 43 January 6 Defendants File Official Request with Speaker McCarthy for January 6 Government Footage

Published March 13, 2023 by Jim Hoft

In late February, Axios reported that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had given Fox News’ Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 protests.

Since January 2021, The Gateway Pundit has shared the plight of the January 6 political prisoners, while the mainstream media has ignored the abuse of these men and women, stalked their families and homes, smeared their good name, and repeatedly lied about the events on January 6, 2021.

Many of these prisoners had their homes raided by the FBI, lost their businesses and livelihoods, have been separated from their friends and families, and had their reputations ruined by entrenched politicians on both sides of the aisle.  Dozens still sit in prison without a trial over two years later. Several were convicted and sent to prison for walking into an open door of the US Capitol and leaving minutes later when asked.

Chris Wray is STILL hunting down Trump supporters who stood outside the US Capitol that day. The DC prosecutors are STILL hiding evidence from the families and prisoners in their DC kangaroo court trials.

The Gateway Pundit has been with these men and women from the beginning. TGP told their stories and helped their families raise funds to keep them afloat.

TGP has published hundreds of reports, shared letters from the prisoners, released audio and video, spoke with their families and told THEIR SIDE of the story. We told the truth while the mainstream media continued to spread their lies and propaganda.

The Gateway Pundit helped raised nearly $2 million to help these fellow Americans feed their families and fight the trumped-up allegations in the DC Kangaroo courts. Even leftist Rolling Stone magazine was forced to admit the impact we have had.

TGP put together the single most comprehensive database on January 6, The American Gulag, that provides current information about each prisoner, including relevant news articles, an arrest map, and a list of those currently incarcerated. We also provide ways for you to contact those in prison, and to help cover their legal and living expenses.

This week The Gateway Pundit officially petitioned Speaker McCarthy to release the J6 footage to our research team and the families of the January 6 victims and prisoners.

Here is a copy of the official letter we sent off to Speaker McCarthy this week.

Gateway Pundit Official Let… by Jim Hoft

TGP plans to make this footage available to the American public, especially to the defendants and their families who have been blocked from receiving pertinent information that has been withheld from defendants to wage a defense.

The undersigned send this message and request to Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “We, the January 6 prisoners and family members, respectfully request that the Speaker provide access to the more than 41,000 hours of Capital footage directly to The Gateway Pundit research team and to the J6 families.”

If you are a January 6 defendant, family member, or attorney, and would like to add your name to this request, please email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Petition.”

We now have 33 January 6 defendants who have signed our petition and dozens more who are family members and supporters.

The following people have signed their name to this request:

1. 1. Jim Hoft, Founder & Editor, The Gateway Pundit
   2. Cara Castronuova, Investigative Reporter
   3. Micki Witthoeft, Mother of Ashli Babbitt
   4. Nicole Reffit, Wife J6 Defendant Guy Reffitt
   5. Jake Lang, J6 Defendant
   6. Ed Lang, Father of J6 Defendant Jake Lang
   7. Jeremy Brown, J6 Defendant
   8. Tylene Aldridge, Girlfriend of J6 Defendant Jeremy Brown
   9. Tommy Tatum, Tommy Tatum News
   10. David Valentine, Freedoms-Express Media
   11. Gary McBride, M5News
   12. Manny Perryman, Wife of J6 Defendant Brian Jackson
   13. Lydia Sorrow, J6 Investigator
   14. Stewart Rhodes, Founder, Oath Keepers, J6 Defendant
   15. Phillip Anderson, J6 victim
   16. Victoria White, J6 Defendant and J6 Abuse Victim
   17. Retired US Army CPT Gabriel Garcia, J6 Defendant
   18. Thomas Harlen Smith, J6 Defendant
   19. Donnie Duane Wren, J6 Defendant
   20. Treniss Evans, Founder of Condemned USA, J6 Defendant
   21. Matthew Krol, J6 Defendant
   22. Lisa Krol, Wife of J6 Defendant Matthew Krol
   23. Lisa DeLong, Sister of J6 Matthew Krol
   24. Micajah Jackson, Marine, J6 Defendant
   25. Brady Knowlton, J6 Defendant, law student
   26. AJ Fischer, J6 Defendant, InvestigateJ6.org
   27. Ali Alexander, Stop the Steal organizer
   28. Annette Kuehne, Wife of J6 Defendant Christopher Kuehne
   29. Aubrey Webb, Defense Attorney
   30. Gilbert Fonticoba, J6 Defendant
   31. Rachel Powell, J6 Defendant
   32. Laura Elizabeth Jenkins, American Gulag editor
   33. David Sumrall, STOPHATE.com
   34. Ashton Richie, Condemned USA
   35. Ryan Samsel, J6 Defendant
   36. Brian Boele, J6 Defendant, 9/11 Firefighter
   37. Christopher Alberts, J6 Defendant
   38. Derrick Evans, J6 Defendant
   39. Luke Coffee, J6 Defendant
   40. Rusty Coffee, J6 Defendant’s parent
   41. Mary Beth Coffee, J6 Defendant’s parent
   42. Patrick Montgomery, J6 Defendant
   43. James McGrew, J6 Defendant
   44. Leslie McGrew, J6 Defendant’s wife
   45. Nathaniel Tuck, J6 Defendant
   46. Traci Sunstrum, J6 Defendant
   47. Russell Alford, J6 Defendant
   48. Isaac Thomas, J6 Defendant
   49. Thomas Webster, J6 Defendant
   50. Michelle Webster, J6 Defendant’s wife
   51. David Rhine, J6 Defendant
   52. Mary Sturgeon, mother of J6er Isaac Sturgeon
   53. Nanci Klein, mother of J6ers Jonathanpeter and Matthew Klein
   54. John O’Kelly, J6 Defendant
   55. Elizabeth Kenyon, J6 Defendant’s wife
   56. J6 Patriot News
   57. American Gulag Chronicles
   58. Owen Shroyer, Infowars reporter & J6 Defendant
   59. Mark Leffingwell, J6 Defendant
   60. Dominic Pezzola, J6 Defendant
   61. Barbara Turpin, Mother of J6 Defendant Dominic Pezzola
   62. George Tanios, J6 Defendant
   63. Craig Bingert, J6 Defendant
   64. Mark Middleton, J6 Defendant
   65. Jalise Middleton, J6 Defendant
   66. William Pepe, J6 Defendant
   67. Elizabeth Boele, Wife of J6 Defendant Brian Boele, Mother of J6 Defendant AJ Fischer
   68. Leo Brent Bozell, J6 Defendant
   69. Doug Jensen, J6 Defendant
   70. Karl Dresch, J6 Defendant
   71. April Jensen, Wife of J6 Defendant Doug Jensen
   72. Jack Fugger, Cousin of J6 Defendants Tony and Jeremiah Carollo
   73. Jeremy Sorvisto, J6 Defendant
   74. Chris Worrell, J6 Defendant
   75. Mike Curzio, J6 Defendant
   76. Daniel Adams, J6 Defendant