You used the word, “hostages”, and, I think, correctly.
They continue to be held to immobilize Trump and America.
America’s communist press will never tell the real story or the whole story. Like the Colorado voting machine passwords, the real story is what is being communicated in secret: “You can find the passwords you need at this website.”, “Don’t say anything about these people or they will suffer.”
The credit goes to Trump. He called the J6 martyrs hostages. Drove the press nuts.