Journalist Steve Baker Pleads Not Guilty to 4 Jan. 6 Misdemeanor Counts

Published on April 4, 2024

Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker pleaded not guilty on April 3 to four Jan. 6 misdemeanor charges lodged against him by federal prosecutors. Mr. Baker, 63, of Raleigh, North Carolina, entered the pleas before U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C. He and defense attorney William Shipley appeared via remote video for the arraignment hearing. He was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed in D.C. on March 1 with knowingly entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds without authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building....

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