The GOP-led House Committee on the Judiciary on May 20 opened an investigation into the September 2022 chemical assault on Jan. 6 detainee Ronald Colton McAbee after the District of Columbia Department of Corrections and the U.S. Marshals Service thwarted Rep. Troy Nehls’ attempts to obtain bodycam footage of the incident.
In a letter to DOC Director Thomas Faust, Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said the department has one week to turn over the bodycam footage and documents related to the McAbee incident or it will face a congressional subpoena.
“It has been over 15 months since Rep. Nehls attempted to obtain the relevant footage, and the committee has serious concerns about the DOC’s continued lack of transparency, obstruction, and unwillingness to work to provide the requested information,” Mr. Jordan wrote….