[Ppnews] Update on Daniel McGowan

[Political Prisoner News]

Hi friends,

A lot has been going on over the last few weeks with Daniel and this 
is our attempt to catch everyone up. Daniel was in the process of 
transferring to another federal facility when he was subpoenaed to a 
grand jury in Madison, Wisconsin. He went from Columbia County Jail 
in Portage, Wisconsin to Dane County Jail in Madison and then later 
back to Portage, all during the period of June 11 - July 24.

Daniel appeared before the grand jury in Madison twice during this 
time. He did  not in fact "resist" the grand jury since he did answer 
questions about himself - his name, his charges, if statements about 
himself and his actions in  his plea agreement were correct - but 
when the government asked that he confirm the names of others they 
were intending to indict in connection with the actions, Daniel did 
not respond to this. He cited his own plea agreement with the 
government from his case and said that having to discuss other's 
actions was in violation of this agreement.  He was later brought 
back into court and was given a chance  to purge (answer the question 
he did not answer) and again refused to do so. The court charged him 
with civil contempt because of this. He was held in contempt for 
around a week, which for him meant that that time did not count 
towards his existing sentence.

Last Monday, July 21st, the government filed a motion to lift the 
civil contempt. The US Attorney (gov't) moved to dismiss the contempt 
order after indicting two to three others and after the statute of 
limitation had expired with respect to crimes committed in 
Wisconsin.  At that point, Daniel could be of no help to the 
government even had he been inclined to do so, which he was not. The 
judge signed signed the order releasing Daniel from contempt on July 23rd.

We have learned that Daniel has been designated to a special unit in 
the federal prison in Marion, Illinois. He is currently still at FCI 
Terre Haute in Indiana but we are under the assumption he will be 
moving within the next week or so. We will provide more information 
on this as it comes.

Please continue to write to Daniel along his route. You can reach him now at:

Daniel McGowan #63794-053
FCI Terre Haute
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 33
Terre Haute, IN 47808

Thanks so much,
Family & Friends of Daniel McGowan



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