On Friday, the FBI arrested Blaze Media investigative journalist Steve Baker on four misdemeanor charges following the journalist's reporting of the events of January 6. Baker was ordered to appear at the Dallas FBI field office and surrender himself to authorities. At the time of the order, he did not know what he was being charged with.
"The prosecutor informed my attorney that I am to arrive at the FBI field office wearing 'shorts and sandals,'" Baker said. "They didn't have to go this route, as we've been told that my charges are non-violent misdemeanors. They seem to feel the need to give me a dose of the personal humiliation treatment."
It was later revealed that Baker is facing the following charges: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
A number of prominent conservatives voiced their concern over the arrest, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) writing, "The Biden regime just arrested journalist Steve Baker for covering Jan 6. Owen Shroyer was locked up as well. Free Press is dead in America when the government jails journalists who refuse to report the regime's political agenda and lies." The FBI had previously arrested and sentenced Info Wars journalist Owen Shroyer to two months of prison for being on the Capitol grounds on that day.
Baker, who entered the Capitol on that day through a doorway and not a broken window, has said that he did not riot or damage any property while inside on January 6. He, like other journalists on that day, was simply reporting on what was occurring. It is noteworthy to point out that a number of mainstream media journalists who were present in the Capitol on that day have not been charged.
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"The prosecutor informed my attorney that I am to arrive at the FBI field office wearing 'shorts and sandals,'" Baker said. "They didn't have to go this route, as we've been told that my charges are non-violent misdemeanors. They seem to feel the need to give me a dose of the personal humiliation treatment."
It was later revealed that Baker is facing the following charges: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
A number of prominent conservatives voiced their concern over the arrest, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) writing, "The Biden regime just arrested journalist Steve Baker for covering Jan 6. Owen Shroyer was locked up as well. Free Press is dead in America when the government jails journalists who refuse to report the regime's political agenda and lies." The FBI had previously arrested and sentenced Info Wars journalist Owen Shroyer to two months of prison for being on the Capitol grounds on that day.
Baker, who entered the Capitol on that day through a doorway and not a broken window, has said that he did not riot or damage any property while inside on January 6. He, like other journalists on that day, was simply reporting on what was occurring. It is noteworthy to point out that a number of mainstream media journalists who were present in the Capitol on that day have not been charged.
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You can follow Sterling on X/Twitter here.Blaze Media Investigative Journalist @TPC4USA has now been taken into FBI custody for his J6 reporting
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) March 1, 2024
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