[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Multiple lawmakers visited the Washington, D.C., jail to demand the release of pardoned January 6 rioters.
Conservative House Freedom Caucus (HFC) members Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Chip Roy of Texas and Eli Crane of Arizona were among some of the MAGA-friendly members that visited the jail Tuesday.
'We hope they are going to be released shortly,' Roy said speaking outside of the jail on the conservative show Real America's Voice. 'A pardon is a pardon.'
MAGA diehard Lauren Boebert even offered the soon-to-be released defendants a private tour of the Capitol.
'These men have already paid too much time, more time than they ever should. They should never have been locked up,' Boebert told a crowd of Trump supporters waiting eagerly outside the prison.
'I want to see their release, and you know, I'll be the first member of Congress to offer them a guided tour of the Capitol,' she continued to massive applause.
Their visit to the jail comes just one day after President Donald Trump took office and immediately pardoned January 6 defendants. Speaking reporters Monday night in the Oval Office, Trump explained that he was pardoning roughly 1,500 defendants and issuing six commutations.
He also directed the attorney general to seek dismissal of about 450 pending criminal cases against January 6 offenders, fulfilling a long kept promise to release the MAGA faithful that participated in the riot.
However, as Tuesday rolled around and some J6 prisoners remained behind bars, concern began percolating among hard-right lawmakers about whether the D.C. detention center got Trump's memo.
Crane explained to Real America's Voice that some defendants were still in prison pending paperwork, but assured viewers that the cases are being worked on.
'The D.C. jail [doesn't] have any federal authorities [to] release some of these guys that were being held on federal crimes,' the Arizona lawmaker stated.
'So the paperwork had to start with the U.S. Marshals, and they said that they were complying with the executive order, they said it did take time.'
Crane also revealed that since some of the J6 defendants had prior convictions on their records that those 'had to be dealt with as well.'
The HFC member continued: 'We're just standing out here in solidarity.'
Boebert also mentioned that the U.S. Marshals Service is working on paperwork for the defendants' release before asking for Trump and his nominee for attorney general Pam Bondi for help.
'According to the United States Marshals [Service], he's dealing with them one by one, getting all the paperwork,' Boebert told the crowd of MAGA supporters and media.
'I would love for President Trump, for attorney general Pam Bondi, step in and help us out here with the U.S. Marshals and to make sure that this is, it doesn't become a paperwork issue.' 
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