Attorneys Claim Government Manufacturing Evidence to Charge, Incarcerate Jan. 6 Prisoners

Rep. Louie Gohmert says 'if you have evidence that’s of an exonerating nature for the defendant, you have to turn that over.'

Photo of capitol hill police spraying crowd with pepper gel on Jan. 6, 2021, with Christopher Worrell standing some distance away. FBI criminal complaint

As Jan. 6 prisoners continue to languish in jail without trials, without bond and in subhuman conditions, two Jan. 6 attorneys are claiming the government is manufacturing evidence to arrest and incarcerate them. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) says the government is also “hiding evidence” that could possibly exonerate some of them.

This is not the first time Democrats have manufactured evidence to support their allegations in a legal proceeding.

A History of Fabricating Evidence

In July of 2018, the infamous Steele dossier was revealed to be little more than a collection of unverified opposition research funded by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC), to obtain a warrant to spy on former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page and to derail the Trump campaign.