House Oversight targets ‘inhumane’ DC jail holding Jan. 6 prisoners

By Paul Bedard

Published March 10, 2023 1:31pm ET

House Oversight targets ‘inhumane’ DC jail holding Jan. 6 prisoners — House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., testifies in the House Rules Committee as he advances a GOP effort to disapprove of action by the District of Columbia Council on a local voting rights act and a criminal code revision, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans are opening an investigation into reports of “inhumane” conditions at the Washington, D.C., jail holding alleged participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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House Oversight targets ‘inhumane’ DC jail holding Jan. 6 prisoners

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