Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker said the FBI is asking him to turn himself in to the agency Friday morning in Dallas over the Jan. 6 report.
What are the details?
Baker told Blaze News he was instructed to report to the agency’s field office at 7 a.m. wearing “shorts and sandals.” He said this likely indicates the plan is to “humiliate” him, dress him in orange coveralls and handcuff him and perform a “prisoner transport routine.” .
He added that he is scheduled to appear for a 10 a.m. hearing before a federal judge after being taken to a Dallas courthouse.
“They didn’t have to go down this path,” Baker told Blaze News on Tuesday night. “We are being told that my charges are just misdemeanors, and my attorney has assured me that this is a ‘come and go’ case with ‘no intent’ to detain me.” I am. But they went beyond issuing a simple citation. This is the “arrest warrant” route.
Additionally, Baker said: still It is unclear what the charges against Baker are, and authorities told Blaze News they would not tell his lawyer about the charges because they believed Baker would post them on social media.
Baker’s Dallas attorney, James Lee Bright, told Blaze News that withholding the charges against his client was a “highly unusual” move. Mr. Bright also said he hoped to obtain a copy of the complaint against Mr. Baker as soon as possible Friday morning.
Mr Baker also said his defense team had been told there was no need to file a court order or post bail, and that he expected to be released after proceedings. Bright told Blaze News he expected Friday’s hearing to be simple.
“I don’t know if there are any pretrial travel restrictions, but that’s the norm for J6 defendants, even misdemeanor defendants,” Baker said. “It is also common worldwide that J6ers are not allowed to travel to Washington DC, which negatively impacts my work for obvious reasons.Also, are there any other accompanying restrictions or orders? I don’t know. Talking about my case, no social media, limited social media, orders to surrender devices and firearms. All unknowns.”
“Absolute cooling effect”
Mr Bright told Blaze News he was “upset” by what was going on with his client, especially considering Mr Baker had been “fully compliant” all along. Bright also said that the fact that the federal government is “still pursuing people who were lawfully working journalists that day, more than three years later,” was designed to have an “absolute chilling effect.” He said that it seems to have been done.
“I’m not depressed, but I’m not happy about this,” Baker added to Blaze News. “I’ve been praying, ‘Lord, please let this cup pass away from me,’ and it seems like it’s not happening.” But he added that getting through this first step will be a “relief.” said.
Baker said he asked his other attorney, William Shipley, why the federal government was treating him this way, and Shipley replied, “You know why. We’ve been poking them in the eye for three years. “I was,” he added.
Blaze Media Editor-in-Chief Matthew Peterson disagreed, saying in a statement Tuesday night that “the federal government’s treatment of Steve Baker is outrageous.”
“He had unknown charges for years, but since we started working with him the government has started acting again. They don’t put him in a jumpsuit or handcuffs unless it’s for a humiliation ritual or for show. You don’t have to. It’s exactly what they’re planning on Friday,” Peterson added.
“We plan to release to the world the footage from January 6th that shows Steve was clearly present that day as an independent journalist. This kind of government retaliation against journalists is a violation of press freedom. “This should not be happening in America.” ” he added.
What is your background?
Baker announced in December that the FBI announced that the U.S. Department of Justice would indict him for his Jan. 6 report, but two days later, Baker announced that the FBI had delayed his surrender until after Christmas. He pointed out that it was announced.
This is the game I’ve been waiting for ever since.
Here’s an interview that BlazeTV’s Sarah Gonzalez conducted with Baker in December.
Biden’s Justice Department plans to indict journalist over January 6 interviewyoutube.be
Last month, lawyers representing Baker told Blaze News that the U.S. Department of Justice may be plotting “retaliation” against Baker over his January 6 report.
“Steve’s actions on January 6 have been known to the Department of Justice for three years,” Baker’s attorneys said in a January filing. news release. “But only now, after Steve has told two major stories that are very embarrassing to the Department of Justice, is he subject to arrest and possibly felony charges. They handcuffed him and Any action taken to detain and detain him and bring him to court by federal law enforcement will only be in retaliation for his recent publicity.”
Mr. Baker discussed his legal issues in two October commentaries for Blaze News (here and here) and announced his independent journalistic career on January 6, which began before joining Blaze News. He then detailed the ongoing federal investigation. .
What did Baker’s investigation reveal?
Baker first analyzed Jan. 6 for Blaze News last year after spending countless hours in his House subcommittee office observing the closed-circuit video of Jan. 6 frame by frame. in October — and it left Baker wondering: Did Capitol Police Special Agent David Lazarus lie? At the Oath Keepers trial?
Shortly thereafter, Blaze Media Editor-in-Chief Matthew Peterson appealed to House Speaker Mike Johnson to release all videos due to the slow pace at which everything recorded on video can be viewed without restriction. . On November 17, Mr. Johnson did just that.
Baker’s investigative efforts also resulted in two additional analyses, both focused on Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn: “The N-word on January 6th and Not” and “1 Harry Dunn’s description of the 6th of the month does not match. Not at all.”
In December, Baker claimed to have discovered significant misconduct involving Dunn, Capitol Police, members of the media and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).
Mr. Baker claimed in January that Mr. Lazarus had given false testimony at the Oath Keepers trial in a just-released secret television video clip from the Jan. 6 broadcast of the U.S. Capitol.
Proof of perjury | The truth of January 6thyoutube.be
Also in January, Baker and others asked what the U.S. government had to hide about the pipe bomb discovered at Democratic National Committee headquarters on January 6th. Baker followed this up with another analysis in February titled, “Capitol Police diverted all but one CCTV camera from DNC pipe bomb probe.”
Just last week, Baker wrote an updated analysis asking why Kamala Harris was at the Democratic National Committee instead of on Capitol Hill on January 6th.
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