Mar 31, 2023
** Guest writer Sue Ianni contributed to this article. A DC district judge sentenced 72-year-old Vietnam War Veteran Howard Richardson to 46 months in federal prison for his conduct on January 6th -saying that his "presence and actions among other insurrectionists" was an "inexcusable attack on our democracy." Richardson was placed in complete isolation and unable to call his family from a federal prison that most recently made the news for sharpened plexiglass and six-inch metal shanks among its inmates. After nine weeks of radio silence and unable to communicate with the grandpa of eight (great-grandpa of one), Ashli Babbitt's mother Micki Witthoeft directly asked speaker Kevin McCarthy to conduct a wellness check on Richardson during her visit with the House Speaker last week. Likely as a result, Richardson was able to make a phone call to his family on Monday, his first contact with them since January. Read: Demand For Physical Precious Metals Skyrockets As
