Supreme Court Rejects InfoWars Host’s Bid to Overturn Jan. 6 Conviction

InfoWars host Owen Shroyer on Monday lost the bid for the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his misdemeanor conviction, which he claimed was largely based on what he said in the hours leading to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The justices rejected Mr. Shroyer’s petition in a routine list of orders published Monday morning. No one signaled dissent or commented on the rationale behind the decision. Mr. Shroyer, the 34-year-old host of “The War Room With Owen Shroyer” on Alex Jones’s media platform, was accused by prosecutors of engaging in “disruptive and riotous behavior” at the nation’s capitol that day. Last year, he pleaded guilty to and received a 60-day sentence in federal prison for one misdemeanor charge of entering restricted grounds, which carries a maximum penalty of one year behind bars....