Journalist Steve Baker Gets Christmas Reprieve on Arrest for Jan. 6 Charges

Published on December 19, 2023

Journalist Steve Baker says the FBI won’t require him to surrender to face Jan. 6 charges until after Christmas. Baker, a columnist for TheBlaze, was told by his North Carolina attorney on Dec. 14 that the FBI had wanted him to self-surrender on Dec. 19. He said he was told the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) would charge him with unspecified counts related to his time on U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. After media coverage and outrage on social media, the FBI told Mr. Baker’s attorney that he was being given a reprieve. “Just after 5 p.m. yesterday, my Raleigh attorney received a call from FBI Special Agent Craig Noyes informing us that my self-surrender would be postponed until ‘after Christmas’ and that the Justice Department has assigned a new AUSA [assistant U.S. attorney] to my case (Adam Dreher),” Mr. Baker wrote on X....

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