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Journalist Appears in Federal Court in Leg and Belly Chains to Face Jan. 6 Misdemeanors

Stephen Baker of Blaze Media said the FBI’s charging document is not about behavior, but rather ‘all about my words. Everything.’
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Journalist Appears in Federal Court in Leg and Belly Chains to Face Jan. 6 Misdemeanors
Steve Baker of Blaze Media is led out of the FBI Dallas field office and taken to the federal courthouse in Dallas to face Jan. 6 charges on March 1, 2024. Blaze Media/Graphic by The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker was arrested by the FBI and brought to a Texas federal courtroom in handcuffs, a belly chain and foot shackles to face four nonviolent misdemeanor charges for being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Accompanied by defense attorneys James Lee Bright and Edward Tarpley Jr., Mr. Baker surrendered at the FBI field office in Dallas at 7 a.m. on March 1.

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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