Political Divide Deepens as GOP Lawmakers Face Accusations and Controversies.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers toured a Washington, DC, jail housing Jan. 6 riot defendants, and Democrats accused Republicans of lying about the conditions inside the lockup and treating the inmates “like celebrities.” The inmates had access to laptops and tablets and appeared to be in good health. Republicans claimed that medical care and services are being withheld from the defendants, and some defendants have not been able to obtain bond hearings some 25 months after the Capitol riot. The visit to the facility comes one day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met with the mother of Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporter who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer during the riot.