'Authoritarianism': Federal Judge Accuses DC Jail Officials

In a case involving a Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant with a broken wrist, a federal judge held the District of Columbia's corrections director and jail warden in contempt of court Wednesday. And he's asking the Justice Department to investigate whether the civil rights of other inmates arrested in the riot are being abused.

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