J6 ADVOCATE GUEST POST
When federal agents raided MJ’s home at dawn, her world changed forever.
Her son had been inside the U.S. Capitol for just 37 seconds on January 6. He didn’t harm anyone, damage anything, or disobey law enforcement. He entered alongside hundreds of others while officers stood nearby. When he was told to leave, he did.
Still, days later, the FBI conducted a full-scale raid on their home.
“They put everyone in handcuffs except me,” MJ recalls. “They wouldn’t even show us the warrant.” Her son had already arranged to meet investigators voluntarily, but the raid came three days before that appointment. Agents seized his phone and work computer—items were returned in 2024, now technically obsolete, and after they were forced to buy a new laptop and phone necessary for work.
The experience reminded MJ of the stories her parents had told her about Nazi-occupied France. “Those agents weren’t violent, but they followed orders blindly,” she says. “It felt like we were no longer living in the same America I came to in 1981.”
Her son spent 21 days in jail at the time. That trauma pushed MJ to speak out. She became an advocate for January 6 defendants, helping produce The American Gulag Chronicles—a collection of letters from those incarcerated—delivered by Susan Monk to every congressional office. Her son, while on house arrest, contributed to the documentation efforts of @StopHate, which compiled information about the events and investigations surrounding January 6. He also worked on several documentaries that can be found at stophate.com.
Over the last four years, MJ has tried to raise awareness among lawmakers, but she says most have refused to engage. “Now some Republicans are outraged over being surveilled,” she notes. “But where was that outrage when 1,600 Americans were arrested for protesting? Their lives weren’t destroyed like ours have been.”
What’s happening to these lawmakers is wrong—but they can still move on if they wish. J6ers can’t. Even with the pardon, their records remain, and employers see those charges as red flags. Many pass interviews only to be turned away once “January 6” appears in a background check.
These are hardworking Americans who went to the Capitol to seek redress, a right guaranteed by the Constitution. Like millions who question the 2020 election, they wanted their voices heard. Yet to this day, they’re still being punished for standing up for what they believed was right.
Another commendable thing she and her son did was to collect letters from J6ers to President Donald Trump, which they delivered at Mar-A-Lago at their own expense in December 2024.
MJ is now fighting for the remaining J6ers who need pardons. It seems like the fight never ends.
For MJ, the fight is about far more than politics. It’s about restoring a sense of faith, justice, and truth. “I still believe God will bring justice,” she says quietly. “Even when our nation has turned away from Him, I pray for His mercy and grace.”
II Chronicles 7:14 is still valid today. “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land”.
If you would like to help MJ’s son, Daniel, as he rebuilds his life, you can donate through GiveSendGo.
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