Posted on 03/02/2024 5:08:31 AM PST by MtnClimber
Baze News investigative journalist Steve Baker was forced to turn himself in to the FBI field office in Dallas Friday morning over misdemeanor charges related to his January 6 reporting. The reporter was taken into custody, placed in handcuffs and leg irons, and perp-walked to the car that transported him to the Dallas courthouse for a 10:00 am hearing before the magistrate.
He was charged with “entering restricted grounds,” “disorderly conduct,” and “parading and picketing in the Capitol.”
The charges against Baker come after the dogged journalist broke major stories involving U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Capitol Police Special Agent David Lazarus.
“Steve’s actions on January 6 have been known to the Department of Justice for 3 years,” Baker’s attorneys said in a January press release. “But it is only now—after Steve has broken two major stories greatly embarrassing to the DOJ — that he is possibly being targeted for arrest and possibly felony prosecution. Any action taken to put him in handcuffs, hold him in custody, and have him transported to court by federal law enforcement will be nothing other than retaliation for his recent reporting.”
A federal prosecutor had reportedly informed Baker’s attorney last week that he was to arrive at the field office wearing “shorts and sandals.” Baker told Blaze media that meant the feds were planning to take the “humiliation” route by placing him in an orange jumpsuit, handcuffing him, and doing the “prisoner transport routine.”
“They didn’t have to go this route,” Baker told Blaze News last week. “We have been told that my charges are only misdemeanors. And my attorneys have been assured that this will be an ‘in and out’ affair with ‘no intention’ to detain me. But rather than issuing a simple order to appear, they went the ‘arrest warrant’ route.”
Baker said the charges against him were kept secret from him and his lawyer because the feds believed he would post them on social media. Baker’s Dallas attorney, James Lee Bright, told Blaze News that withholding the nature of the charges against his client is a “really unusual” move.
“I’m going to pray, and then I’m going to put on my suit and tie and walk in with my head up,” he said.
Baker turned himself in at 7:00 am wearing his suit and tie.
Nasty, vindictive cowards.
God bless Steve Baker and God bless all of the J6 political prisoners.
I wonder what the makeup is of FBI agents since Obama weaponized the agency and they instituted favorable hiring of blacks over whites. If the hiring was not race related then one out of five agents should be black considering averages. The numbers of blacks voting Democrat is also suspect to the weighted prejudice of the FBI with respect to them.
F.B.I. Is little more than a corrupt goon squad working dirty for dementia joe.
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