Journalist Faces Arrest on 4 Charges Over Jan. 6 Presence at Capitol

Prosecution of Blaze Media’s Stephen Baker decried by colleagues.
Journalist Faces Arrest on 4 Charges Over Jan. 6 Presence at Capitol
Steve Baker of Blaze Media speaks with radio host Glenn Beck about his Jan. 6 pipe bomb reporting on Feb. 15, 2024. Blaze Media/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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A Blaze Media journalist whose recent coverage exposed possible perjury by U.S. Capitol Police in a high-profile Jan. 6 trial, says an arrest warrant has been signed and he will surrender to the FBI in Dallas on March 1 to face four Jan. 6 misdemeanor charges.

Stephen Michael Baker, 63, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was sitting at a table at the Old Hickory restaurant at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Feb. 23 when he received a call from one of his defense attorneys, Bill Shipley.

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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