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.”
I wouldn't call them STASI, I'd call them Kapos.
Amen.
Any agent who participated in any of the J6 arrests should be fired for violating their oath to protect and defend the constitution.
“Following orders” is not a defense.
Cell phone in hand, mcdonald’s for dinner, movie on tv or games to play.. car in the driveway... a lazy and comfortable generation or two don’t have to do anything.
Trump came down the staircase and volunteered.. those who went to mcdonald’s with phone in hand.. those who had a job and lot of free time after 5..
found fault with Trump.. his hair.. way he talks.. and from there, they put out a lot of lies... lies the media used to tell more lies on who Trump is. That didn’t work so they just stole the election.. and again.. NO ONE STOPPED IT.
A corrupt dementia patient was seated.. and a man behind the curtain was installed to speak for the dementia patient. and no one stopped this..
Society is so screwed up..and all sides lie.. the government is corrupt from bottom up to the top. if anyone can fix this mess... it’s Trump. and they cannot steal another election.. .. If we are not “fixed”, our great country is lost.. however, God fixes things too.
“Back the Blue. The rank and file are good people...”
I also blame McConnell and other Stasi sympathizers in the senate.
The FBI’s forte is intimidation: Co-operate or we will make your life miserable.
They misspelled *KGB*.
Bttt
5.56mm
Obama’s/Biden’s Weaponized Bananas Republic strikes again. WTG FBI!
If Glen Beck had a hair on his ass, he’d have seen to it that Steve Baker got to a country with no extradition to the US and bankrolled his stay there.
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