Capitol Insurrectionists Are Not Being Illegally Detained Or Tortured

In mid-June, Attorney Joseph D. McBride, Esq, who represents January sixth insurrectionist Richard Barnett, posted a LinkedIn pulse update alleging that human rights crimes are taking place within the Washington D.C. prison system. He claimed that political prisoners were being illegally held in a U.S. mainland detention center similar to Guantanamo Bay, and were enduring physical and psychological torture. 

McBride’s post compared the current U.S. federal government to the Gestapo in Nazi Germany and claimed that the term “insurrectionist” was being used to demonize everyone who was present at the capitol on January 6th. 

The post currently has dozens of reactions on LinkedIn. It has been cross-posted to other sites, with one Twitter post gaining thousands of interactions.