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‘Baked Alaska’ Says Prosecutors Threatened Felony Charge If He Didn’t Take Jan. 6 Plea Deal

‘Baked Alaska’ Says Prosecutors Threatened Felony Charge If He Didn’t Take Jan. 6 Plea Deal
Anthime Joseph Gionet, also known on social media as "Baked Alaska," said Jan. 6 prosecutors threatened him with a felony if he didn't take a plea deal. GiveSendGo/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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The social-media personality known as “Baked Alaska” told a federal judge he was only pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge from being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, because prosecutors had threatened to charge him with a felony if he didn’t take a plea deal.

Defendant Anthime Joseph Gionet, 34, told U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan on May 11, “I believe I am innocent,” to which Sullivan replied, “We’ll pick a trial date.”

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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