Patriot Freedom Project Pleads for Help Supporting Jan. 6 Prisoners, Defendants, and Their Families

'There is so much collateral damage'

Police and protesters outside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

More than 800 people have been arrested and charged with crimes related to the protest at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. As the numbers continue to climb and the expenses for those arrested continue to mount, the founder of the Patriot Freedom Project is sending out a plea for help to support the prisoners, the defendants, and their families.

Cynthia Hughes founded the Patriot Freedom Project (PFP) in spring 2021 after her nephew, Timothy Louis Hale-Cusanelli, was arrested and held in solitary confinement on nonviolent charges for his participation in the Jan. 6 protest.