In an emotional interview on Thursday’s episode of The John Fredericks Show, Tennessean Sarah McAbee joined guest-host Michael Patrick Leahy to share the disturbing journey of her husband, J6er and former Williamson County Deputy Sheriff Ronald McAbee.
In this in-studio interview, Sarah McAbee reveals new details about her husband Ronald McAbee’s arrest and subsequent imprisonment and discusses the daunting legal battle, the possibility of a 17-year prison term, and the devastating toll the prosecution has had on the couple.
Her experience inspired Sarah McAbee to found a nonprofit foundation aiding January 6 defendants and their families called Stand in the Gap.
Despite facing political reluctance, she remains steadfast in her pursuit of justice for her husband and others and urges all Americans to consider the ongoing human cost and broader implications for civil liberties in the United States caught in the aftermath of January 6.
TRANSCRIPT
Michael Patrick Leahy: Welcome back to The John Fredericks Show. Michael Patrick Leahy here sitting in for John today and tomorrow; we are broadcasting live from our studios in downtown Nashville, and we welcome here to our studio a fellow Tennessean, Sarah McAbee.
Good morning, Sarah.
Sarah McAbee: Good morning. Thank you for having me on.
Michael Patrick Leahy: Sarah, just for the background, your husband, Ronald McAbee, was at the Capitol in Washington, D. C. on January 6, 2021. He was arrested, has been in basically the Washington, D. C. gulag prison for 29 months, and you’ve only seen him, what, six times since?
Sarah McAbee: Yes, that is correct.
Michael Patrick Leahy: Tell us a little bit about your background and his. From what I’ve read, Ronald was a deputy sheriff for Williamson County here in Nashville, which is the suburb, suburban county just south of Nashville. And I guess you both grew up in Williamson County, is that right?
