Rep. Troy Nehls Demands Bodycam Video of Assault of Jan. 6 Detainee

Prominent defense attorney Joseph McBride welcomes Mr. Nehls’s commitment to seek a U.S. House hearing if Jan. 6 detainee civil rights abuses are documented.

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) questions the director of the U.S. Marshals Service about the 2022 assault of Jan. 6 detainee Ronald Colton McAbee (pictured at rear) during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 14, 2024. Emily Matthews/U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) on Feb. 14 demanded that the director of the U.S. Marshals Service release body-worn camera video of the September 2022 assault of Jan. 6 detainee Ronald Colton McAbee in the District of Columbia jail.

In a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, Mr. Nehls told U.S. Marshals Service Director Ronald Davis he wasn’t asking, but demanding the body-worn camera video from Lt. Crystal Lancaster from the Sept. 5, 2022, incident.