Stewart Parks, a local entrepreneur and former candidate to represent Tennessee’s 5th congressional district, joined Monday’s edition of The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy to discuss his last-minute plans and overall thoughts before reporting to the Federal Correctional Institution in Memphis on Tuesday to serve an 8-month sentence for being present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
D.C. Circuit Court Judge Amit P. Mehta, who has presided over several trials related to the January 6 Capitol riots, sentenced Parks in November to three years imprisonment on misdemeanor trespassing, disorderly conduct, and theft charges. Parks, however, will serve his sentence concurrently, reducing his term to eight months behind bars.
“I should not be going to prison tomorrow but due to prejudicial and hatred and unjustness, the judge was adamant that I go to prison tomorrow. So, in about 24 hours, as it stands right now, I will be self reporting,” Parks said.
Parks noted that the Obama-appointed judge has been “astounded” with his post-sentencing behavior, specifically his interviews with The Tennessee Star and other media outlets where he has spoken out about what he calls “unjust” treatment by the judicial system.
