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What happened to the “right to a speedy trial”???

I was wondering the same thing. Apparently the answer is that his case is caught up in the pending appeal to the Supreme Court, in which other J6 defendants argue against some of the charges on which they were convicted. If they win, Lang couldn’t be tried on similar charges, so his trial awaits the SCOTUS decision.

As to why he’s still in custody, his conduct was more violent than that of others, but the main thing is that he ruined his own bail application by shooting his mouth off afterwards. According to a news story:

[Judge] Nichols cited the two-hour duration of Lang's alleged combat with police; his lack of remorse as he bragged about his activities on social media; and the strength of the evidence against him in video recordings and his social media posts.

But the judge also gave another reason to keep Lang in jail: alarming comments that he allegedly made on social media after the riot about "getting a f---ing arsenal together" for Biden's inauguration and waging war against the government.

"I think these messages — which, again, happened after January 6th — they were not in the heat of the moment, and they reflect at least a risk that in the future Mr. Lang would, as the government put it, be at risk of committing or advocating violence in favor of his political beliefs," Nichols said, according to a transcript of the hearing.

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/three-years-jan-6-riot-080103869.html

The takeaway: If you're planning to get an arsenal together and wage war on the government, don't brag about your plans on social media.