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    U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) writes Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to demand the firing of Kathleen Landerkin as deputy warden of operations at the Central Treatment Facility where January 6 defendants are being held. "Landerkin," Greene writes, "has demonstrated a consistent pattern of disrespect for Members of Congress and fellow corrections staff, in addition to displaying a public animus toward anyone who supports President Donald J. Trump."

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    U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) writes Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to demand the firing of Kathleen Landerkin as deputy warden of operations at the Central Treatment Facility where January 6 defendants are being held. "Landerkin," Greene writes, "has demonstrated a consistent pattern of disrespect for Members of Congress and fellow corrections staff, in addition to displaying a public animus toward anyone who supports President Donald J. Trump."

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    Deputy Warden Landerkin Termination Letter 121620213

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    U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) writes Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to demand the firing of Kathleen Landerkin as deputy warden of operations at the Central Treatment Facility where January 6 defendants are being held. "Landerkin," Greene writes, "has demonstrated a consistent pattern of disrespect for Members of Congress and fellow corrections staff, in addition to displaying a public animus toward anyone who supports President Donald J. Trump."

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    December 16, 2021

    The Honorable Muriel Bowser


    Mayor, District of Columbia
    John A. Wilson Building
    1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
    Washington, DC, 20004

    Mayor Bowser—

    We write to demand the immediate termination of Kathleen Landerkin as Deputy Warden of


    Operations at the Central Treatment Facility (CTF). Deputy Warden Landerkin has demonstrated
    a consistent pattern of disrespect for Members of Congress and fellow corrections staff, in
    addition to displaying a public animus toward anyone who supports President Donald J. Trump.
    Following a thorough investigation of her social media statements, actions, and endorsements,
    we are convinced that Landerkin lacks the objectivity and professionalism required of a law
    enforcement officer charged with overseeing inmates detained in connection with the events of
    January 6, 2021.1

    During a recent visit to the DC jail, Members of Congress were exposed to a two-tier justice
    system in which the January 6 defendants were treated categorically different from the remainder
    of the prison population.2 January 6 defendants reported being subjected to months of solitary
    confinement, verbal abuse (e.g., called “white supremacists”), harassment, beatings from guards,
    denial of basic medical care, religious services, communion, nutritious diet, and access to
    attorneys. They cannot participate in the educational programs offered to other inmates,
    including testing for a GED, obtaining a workplace license, or making progress on an
    undergraduate degree. While most of these inmates have no prior criminal history and have yet
    to be convicted of any crime, Landerkin is allowing them to be treated as subhuman.

    Since Landerkin is charged with overseeing these inmates, we find their treatment over the better
    part of a year to be sufficient cause for change in supervision. The role of Deputy Warden should
    be filled by a person who exhibits objectivity and neutrality toward those they are tasked with
    detaining.

    Instead, Landerkin is perpetuating a two-tier incarceration system where Caucasian pre-trial


    detainees are given “Nation of Islam” reading materials telling them they are evil because of the
    color of their skin and that America is a terrible country that perpetuates a racial caste system.

    1
    https://twitter.com/awkathyjo
    2
    https://greene.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/greene.house.gov/files/evo-media-
    document/Unusually%20Cruel%20An%20Eyewitness%20Report%20From%20The%20DC%20Jail.pdf
    Meanwhile, other inmates—many of whom have already been convicted—have access to book
    clubs, moot court, and hours of television.

    If her actions toward the January 6 inmates were not enough, her words speak volumes.
    Landerkin has endorsed numerous statements which are blatantly anti-American and
    reprehensible: among others, equating Christians to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), stating that Ashli
    Babbitt was responsible for being shot on January 6, labeling the President a “f**king
    Republican hypocritical piece of shit” and “a pig,” abolishing the electoral college, and
    advocating that Speaker Pelosi punish Republican Members of Congress for objecting to the
    certification of electoral ballots by not seating them as duly-elected Representatives. 3

    These examples are merely a drop in the ocean of statements which Landerkin has publicly
    supported over the last seven years. They reveal the unhinged personality of a left-wing
    ideologue who despises our system of government and those who serve in it, especially Members
    of Congress and the former President of the United States.

    We remain thoroughly convinced that Landerkin cannot treat the January 6 detainees—non-
    convicted defendants awaiting trial—with any level of respect given her public comments and
    past treatment of Members of Congress visiting the jail.

    Furthermore, Landerkin’s administration of the facility’s staff is itself an issue. She is currently
    being sued for enabling and fostering a toxic environment of harassment and discrimination
    inside the jail. According to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU, Landerkin has been accused of causing
    mental anguish, personal distress, indignity, embarrassment, pain, and suffering. 4

    We have yet to receive a reply from your office regarding the November 4 letter demanding
    Landerkin’s termination. 5 While it is certainly your prerogative to appoint officials to serve in
    the District of Columbia’s Department of Corrections, we retain the right—and constitutional
    prerogative—to voice our opposition to an official who has shown such contempt for those she
    disagrees with politically.

    As Members of Congress charged with the administration of the District of Columbia, we


    strongly implore you to remove Landerkin from this critical position. Her biased comments over
    the better part of the last decade would evoke serious concerns from the American people, who
    are watching the treatment of inmates—inmates who are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

    Since the U.S. Marshals Service has already determined that the DC jail is not hospitable for the
    large majority of its inhabitants 6 and your office has already conceded the need for reform in the
    recent memorandum of understanding (MOU),7 it would be unfortunate if your office were

    3 https://twitter.com/awkathyjo
    4
    https://www.acludc.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/2021.11.17_jones_-
    _dc_superior_court_complaint_for_filing.pdf
    5
    https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1456302090586832899
    6
    https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2021/110221b.htm
    7
    https://mayor.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-and-united-states-marshals-service-announce-agreement-address-
    concerns-dc-jail
    forced to defend the unhinged political commentary of a woman sworn to uphold justice to those
    who have yet to be determined guilty by a jury of their peers.

    We await your response in writing at your earliest convenience.

    Sincerely,

    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Rep. Louie Gohmert


    Member of Congress (GA-14) Member of Congress (TX-01)

    Rep. Matt Gaetz Rep. Paul Gosar, D.D.S.


    Member of Congress (FL-01) Member of Congress (AZ-04)

    Rep. Bob Good Rep. Andy Harris, M.D.


    Member of Congress (VA-05) Member of Congress (MD-01)

    Rep. Ralph Norman Rep. Mary Miller


    Member of Congress (SC-05) Member of Congress (IL-15)

    Rep. Barry Moore Rep. Tom Tiffany


    Member of Congress (AL-02) Member of Congress (WI-07)
    Rep. Andy Biggs Rep. Lauren Boebert
    Member of Congress (AZ-05) Member of Congress (CO-03)

    Rep. Scott Perry Rep. Michael Cloud


    Member of Congress (PA-10) Member of Congress (TX-27)

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