Jan. 6 Journalist Will Appeal Judge’s Order Denying His Right to Carry Firearm

A journalist charged with four misdemeanors for being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, said he will appeal a federal judge’s denial of his right to possess and carry a firearm based on an allegation that he threatened “high-ranking federal lawmakers” during the incursion. Stephen Michael Baker, 64, of Raleigh, North Carolina, said he was flummoxed when reading the May 14 minute order issued by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington. “All of this is not only the height of absurdity but not at all what I’m charged with,” Mr. Baker told The Epoch Times on May 16. “It is a lie told him by pretrial services, which is a division of the court, and not even by the DOJ or the government which has accused me of four non-violent misdemeanors and which has not itself argued that I am a threat to society,” Mr. Baker said....