J6-ers Still Struggle to Get Released Even After Pardons
Stewart Parks Details Movie-Like Scene Traveling to Philadelphia Late Monday Night to Demand and Secure the Release of Pardoned J6 Hostage Joshua Dale
Stewart Parks, the Tennessean who was among the roughly 1,500 “J6 hostages” granted full pardons by President Donald Trump on Monday, detailed how he traveled to the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Monday night to demand the release of individuals imprisoned for crimes relating to January 6, 2021 following Trump’s executive order during an exclusive interview with The Tennessee Star’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy.
Parks (pictured here), who was in Washington D.C. over the weekend and on Monday to celebrate Trump’s inauguration, said he drove a rental car from D.C. to the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia at the request of the wife of fellow Tennessean Joshua Dale, who was imprisoned on crimes related to January 6.
A GiveSendGo donation page for Dale describes the Jefferson City resident as a husband and father who had lost his tile and lawn care businesses as a result of the January 6 charges.
Given his proximity to Philadelphia, Parks said Dale’s wife asked if he would drive to the Federal Detention Center to pick up Dale after it was confirmed that Trump would be signing an executive order pardoning the “J6 hostages” hours after taking the oath of office.
Upon arriving at the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia at approximately 10:45 p.m., Parks said officials at the prison were “slow walking” the release of Dale and other J6 inmates despite the…