Posted on 03/01/2024 9:04:49 AM PST by Red Badger
[Screenshot/The Blaze]
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FBI agents escorted a handcuffed Steve Baker, an investigative reporter at The Blaze, over his reporting on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The FBI issued a signed arrest warrant ordering Baker to self-surrender Friday to a Dallas courthouse relating to his presence at the riot, according to Baker’s Twitter thread from Tuesday. He worked as an independent journalist at the time and said he did not commit any property damage and only entered the U.S. Capitol building after the Senate and House were evacuated, according to Baker’s Oct. 2, 2023 piece on the matter.
Two agents can be seen in the video walking a handcuffed Baker to a dark grey vehicle and seating him in the backseat Friday morning.
Baker’s attorneys received “threats” from the FBI on Nov. 21, 2023, and Dec. 23, 2023, respectively, about Baker’s upcoming arrest. They reportedly told Baker and his legal team that he is being charged with “non-violent misdemeanors,” including charges for “interstate racketeering and property damage,” according to his previous piece.
At the time of his notification Tuesday, Baker said he did not know the specific charges being handed to him, according to The Blaze. His attorney, James Lee Bright, said the non-disclosure is “really unusual.”
In January, attorneys representing Baker told The Blaze that the Justice Department could be organizing a “retaliation” against him over breaking two “greatly embarrassing” stories about the DOJ.
“They didn’t have to go this route,” Baker told The Blaze in a Tuesday statement. “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.”
“I’m not a depressive person, but I’m not happy about this,” Baker continued. “I have prayed, ‘Lord, let this cup pass from me,’ but apparently it’s not going to.”
Laws are for them to use as they see fit...............
now, if he had just identified as BLM or Antifa- he could have got away with rioting, burning looting, and destroying billions in property damage, and they wouldn’t touch him
That will likely be in the next set of propaganda photos atop an orange jumpsuit and chains.
YOU ARE NOT JUST “following orders” anymore, Fedbots....you are committing crimes.
Yup.
Freedom of the Press. It was nice while it lasted.
“If Justice is to be served, the FBI must undergo a major purge from top to bottom. It might be best to disband it.”
I would support the latter.
The FBI needs to be eliminated along with a lot of federal agencies. They’re a Gestapo like organization run by the democrat party.
The fruits of Steve Baker’s work will soob see the light of day.
Cuba, Castro came back to town riding in an open convertible, after defeating Batista. Crowds followed the car, cheering.
A few days later, Castro was on TV announcing he is a communist. He confiscated all weapons... he took ownership of all property... homes and businesses.. he took gov control over all schools.
Those who could, swam or got a boat if possible.. and fled to the United States.. Florida. It happened quickly .. it feels like we are in the same boat... but we are IT.. there is no other place to flee. And it finalized by cheating/stealing and no one stopping it. The media and all who hated Trump, declared a coup and they installed a dementia patient in as the President of my glorious, greatest nation on earth...
The rest of the world thought we had lost our minds.. a great nation.. taken down because no one who could..did anything.. they decided a dementia patient and a man behind the curtain.
We went from a great nation, to this!! can’t speak and can’t complain.. we are at the mercy of a dementia patient. Folks, you can’t make this up!!!!
A nation that has fought wars and won..the nation that has fed the world.. the nation so successful.. and today, we are broken and bent to obey the government..
This senior saw this happen... in broad daylight and the man who would have saved you.. they, who have lost their minds.. stole your chances
I can’t and won’t try to ague about a word you put down here.
We are now a country of pu$$ies, conditioned to put comfort above all others and to comply at all costs out of the shame of our history.
All that we have today, all that we enjoy, everything around us we live in and with, all of that was made by who came before us. Only because of their choices to stand up and be free, to fight to the death for freedom, and for all that THEY invested in with sweat and blood are we able to live the way we do today.
The way this American Society lives will NOT provide the same conditions of life for those who come later.
Because as I said, we are a country of pu$$ies now who are more than happy to turn our backs on our history and our culture.
“ It seems that the O’Biden cartel is trying to arrest every single person who happened to be in WDC on J6 and who is not a FedGov employee.”
I heard this guy on the Vince Coglianese Show yesterday. He pointed out that a New York Times reporter was the fifth person filmed crawling through a broken window at the Capitol that day, but is not being prosecuted.
Totally Stalinist tactics. Just like when DOJ charged informant for lying because he had information harmful to the Biden crime family.
These police state agencies have to go. They are all criminals even those that are not actively persecuting political enemies. They live in a bubble and have created an environment and culture where crime and corruption reign.
We are FINISHED as a country.
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”
Hopefully, Trump knows to fire every single Asst AG and hire back only the loyal conservatives.
I’m old enough to remember when America had Freedom of the Press.
Notice how the FBI assigned two black agents for this arraignment, yet another example of cheap political theatre.
Obama armed thugs arresting Americans for reporting the news.
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