Independent Journalist Sentenced to Probation for Entering US Capitol on Jan. 6

Published on January 11, 2024

Independent journalist Stephen Horn, who entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and later released a documentary incorporating footage he recorded that day, has been sentenced to a fine and 12 months of probation after being found guilty of four misdemeanors. Mr. Horn, a 25-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, was found guilty in September 2023 of entering a restricted area, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted area, violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, as well as parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. Prosecutors asked for 10 months in jail as punishment, and the judge set sentencing for Jan. 10. Mr. Horn told The Epoch Times shortly after the verdicts were announced that “my attitude is that if you expect the worst, you’ll never be disappointed.”...