John Wright
John Wright is an entrepreneur from Plains Township, Stark County, Ohio. After driving a cement mixer truck didn’t work out, he started a successful charter bus company. He enjoyed being part of something that helped people – big groups going to various events. People were happy and his service was in demand. Then Covid hit. The pandemic practically put an end to the charter bus service as a whole. It relied on people going places where no one was allowed to go any more, especially in large groups. It became a barrier to success he’d work long and hard for. After the election, one that was fraught with problems. John saw an opportunity. He organized two of his charter buses that he owned to travel to Washington, D.C., charging 100 people $50 each. It was a win-win. No one had to worry about big city parking, and the price was easy for most to afford.
Organizing the trip was not just a money maker. John too was concerned about the issues surrounding the vote counting and other irregularities. He wanted to hear and see for himself. But John could not have foreseen all the barriers the government erected to keep him and his fellow patriots out.
After the rally, along with an ever-growing throng of protestors, John headed towards the capitol. As they approached troops started to form lines and erect barriers. The crowd wanted in and immediately felt the sting of an ‘over-the-top’ response. Crowd dispersing projectiles were fired, the barriers were picked up, the crowd pushed, the police pushed back. He got exhausted at one point and had to sit on a folding chair he found nearby.
After the barricades came down, John admitted to walking inside the capitol. He said in a deposition, he smoked a cigarette in the rotunda and used social media before, during and after the confrontation with police. Soon after, he went back to the buses and the charter group headed home to Stack County.
John probably didn’t give the trip much thought again until May 3rd, 2021. He was arrested without incident. In August he was arraigned before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly and plead guilty to a single charge of ‘obstruction of an official proceeding’. This is the same charge leveled at everyone who entered the capital – another way of saying they were trying to prevent congress from certifying the electoral vote. Federal prosecutors dismissed the remaining eight counts which amount to misdemeanor trespassing. But even with that, they pressed the judge for a stiff 60-month sentence to teach him a lesson. However, because John showed remorse, she gave him 49 months with a supervised release of 3 years.
“We respect the judge’s sentence,” said John’s attorney, Noah Munyer, “although we are disappointed with the severity.” But that should be no surprise. Like all the protestors convicted of the capital breech, the sentences have been unreasonably harsh and many plan to appeal.
You can pray for John and write him at;
John Wright #42845-509
FCI Elkton Federal Correctional Facility
PO Box 10 Lisbon, OH 44432
Be careful when writing prisoners as their mail is read by prison officials. Do not mention January 6.
No https://www.givesendgo.com account is set up in his name.
