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If the indefinitely postponed J6 Awards Gala does go ahead, it will be a spectacular experience for special attendees.
According to the celebration’s website, the plaque commemorates the “platinum status” achieved by the song “Justice for All,” which interweaves scenes of a suspected rioter singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” with a 2024 Republican presidential candidate reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
“This unique and special item is a custom-made, autographed platinum plaque celebrating the song ‘Justice for All’ featuring President Trump and the 20 January 6th defendants,” the website states. “The plaque commemorates the powerful collaboration that achieved platinum status and symbolizes the courage and tenacity of those involved.”
“The song was released on March 3, 2023 and quickly went platinum thanks to your unwavering support,” the website reads.
There’s just one problem: the song didn’t go platinum.
In music industry jargon, the Metallurgical and Geological Designation refers to a certification granted by the Recording Industry Association of America.
For a single to be certified Gold, it must sell 500,000 copies. To be certified Platinum, it must sell 1 million copies. Songs that can demonstrate sales of 10 million copies can be certified Diamond.
However, “Justice For All” has not been certified platinum. RIAA website cataloging gold and platinum certified songs It does not include music by Donald Trump or the J6 Prison Choir.
“Based on our records, this title is not yet close to being certified gold,” Erin Barr, an RIAA executive who oversees the certification program, told Business Insider in an email.
The J6 Awards Gala will feature an auction of a plaque commemorating the “Platinum Certification” of Donald Trump’s single, which never actually went platinum. Stand in the Gap Foundation
But two songs about Trump’s wealth have been RIAA certified: Mac Miller’s 2011 song “Donald Trump” was certified platinum – Miller later feuded with Trump over lyrics in which he called him a “delusional skin-and-bone piece of garbage” – and Rae Sremmurd’s 2018 song “Up Like Trump” was certified gold.
To be sure, “Justice for All” has had some success: An image of a commemorative plaque on the event’s website accurately notes that the song reached No. 1 on the weekly Digital Song Sales chart at some point in March 2023 and No. 4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. That’s according to Billboard charts reviewed by BI.
The data collected by Billboard is used to submit songs for RIAA certification but is not involved in the certification process. Representatives for Billboard did not respond to a request for comment about BI’s use of its logo on the “Justice For All” plaque.
According to Forbes“Justice For All” is the brainchild of former Fox News host Ed Henry, and Forbes reported that Trump recorded the Pledge of Allegiance himself at his Mar-a-Lago home, and a prison choir sang the portion over the prison phone.
The J6 Awards Gala was originally scheduled to take place Thursday at Trump’s Bedminster golf course in New Jersey to raise funds for the defense of those accused of Jan. 6. Tickets range from $1,500 to $50,000 and promise access to “J6ers,” hors d’oeuvres and an open bar at the venue.
Proceeds from the “Justice for All” plaque auction will “directly support the January 6th defendants and their families” and help “the lives of those who demonstrated incredible courage and sacrifice,” the website said.
It is unclear what prizes will be awarded at the event, or how organizers will verify the authenticity of the winners’ achievements.
President Trump has said he would pardon those who participated in the January 6 riot, and said he would pardon those who attacked police officers “if they are innocent.”
Trump had been invited to the event but was not confirmed as a speaker. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s former personal lawyer and sometime accomplice, and Peter Navarro, a former White House staffer who recently finished serving a prison sentence for failing to comply with a subpoena from a congressional committee investigating the Capitol attack, were scheduled to speak.
“We are honored to be recognized as a part of the gala,” Sarah McAbee, who runs the Stand in the Gap Foundation, which sponsors the gala, said in a text message. Obtained by The New York Times He said it would be delayed until after the November elections due to “security concerns.”
Her husband, former Tennessee deputy sheriff Ronald McAbee, was sentenced to five years in prison earlier this year for assaulting a police officer, carrying a weapon into the U.S. Capitol and attempting to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election.
At the Maccabees Sentencing hearingU.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras called the man an “enraged and violent man” who, “wearing a bulletproof vest and reinforced gloves and yelling expletives,” attacked one officer and dragged another into the “crowd of rioters.”
“The defendant fits well within the group of rioters who actually attacked police,” Contreras said. “The defendant participated in some of the most violent confrontations that took place that day in the West Terrace archway.”
It is unclear whether Ronald McAbee is a member of the J6 Prison Choir. Sarah McAbee did not respond to requests for comment.
