You know we don’t use the word “bombshell” around here often…
But, that’s exactly what this report from Glenn Beck is.
A journalist for The Blaze was just arrested this morning by FBI agents for reporting on January 6th and questioning the official narrative.
The details of the story are outrageous.
Baker has claimed he does even not know what the charges against him are, exactly.
Glenn Beck shared all the stunning details with Charlie Kirk.
You absolutely have to watch and listen to what he had to say for yourself:
BOMBSHELL report from Glenn Beck…..
Must see
(and you know I don't use the word "Bombshell" very often) pic.twitter.com/3tJAqgCzGh
— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) March 1, 2024
A video of investigative reporter Steve Baker’s arrest is making waves on social media:
Blaze Media Investigative Journalist @TPC4USA has now been taken into FBI custody for his J6 reporting
Watch: pic.twitter.com/OF9WVh26ER
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) March 1, 2024
JUST IN: Blaze Media Investigative Journalist Steve Baker (@TPC4USA) has been taken into FBI custody, allegedly for his J6 reporting.
Baker previously said he didn’t know what the charges were against him but was told they were non-violent misdemeanors.
“The prosecutor informed… pic.twitter.com/RZ3yRzmQMn
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 1, 2024
Back in October, Steve Baker said that he was under investigation by the FBI over his live reporting at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
In December, Baker announced that he would be charged:
🚨BREAKING🚨 My attorney has just been notified by @FBI that I am going to be charged by @TheJusticeDept for my journalistic efforts on #Jan6. I have to self-surrender on Tuesday. Charges are yet unknown. Stay tuned for more information to follow this afternoon.
— Steve Baker – TPC (@TPC4USA) December 14, 2023
This past Wednesday, Baker claimed that he had been ordered to turn himself in by Friday:
🚨BREAKING🧵- This time, it’s really happening.
Unlike the two previous threats my attorneys received from @FBI / @thejusticedept (Nov. 21 and Dec. 23), my self-surrender for alleged J6 crimes is set for this Friday morning in Dallas, TX. There is now a signed arrest warrant.⬇️
— Steve Baker – TPC (@TPC4USA) February 28, 2024
He was taken into custody this morning.
The Blaze reported earlier this week on the FBI’s instructions for Baker to self-surrender:
Baker told Blaze News he’s been instructed to turn himself in at the agency’s field office at 7 a.m. wearing “shorts and sandals” — which he said signals that the plan likely is to go for “humiliation” and place him in an orange jumpsuit, handcuff him, and do the “prisoner transport routine.”
He added that after he’s taken to the Dallas courthouse, he’ll appear at a 10 a.m. hearing before a federal magistrate.
“They didn’t have to go this route,” Baker told Blaze News on Tuesday evening. “We have been told that my charges are only misdemeanors. And my attorneys have been assured that this will be an ‘in and out’ affair with ‘no intention’ to detain me. But rather than issuing a simple order to appear, they went the ‘arrest warrant’ route.”
What’s more, Baker said he still does not know what the charges against him are, noting to Blaze News that the powers that be won’t tell his attorney about the charges because they believe Baker will post them on social media.
Baker’s Dallas attorney, James Lee Bright, added to Blaze News that withholding the nature of the charges against his client is a “really unusual” move. Bright also said he’s hoping to get a copy of the complaint against Baker as early as possible Friday morning.
Baker also said his legal team was told there was no request to the court for detention, no need for bail, and the expectation is that he’ll be released after the proceedings. Bright told Blaze News that he anticipates Friday’s hearing to be simple.
“We do not know if there will be pretrial travel restrictions, although that has been the norm for J6 defendants — even for misdemeanor defendants,” Baker also said. “It has also been universal that no J6ers are allowed to travel to Washington, D.C., which for obvious reasons will have a deleterious impact on my work. We also do not know if there will be any other accompanying restrictions or orders: gag order from talking about my case, no social media, limited social media, order to surrender devices and/or firearms. All unknowns.”
What does this mean for the future of America and free journalism?
MTG’s response on X to Baker’s arrest was spot on:
The Biden regime just arrested journalist Steve Baker for covering Jan6.
Owen Shroyer was locked up as well.
Free Press is dead in America when the government jails journalists who refuse to report the regime’s political agenda and lies. https://t.co/Sn2SD9FXyD
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) March 1, 2024
Vivek also reacted:
Blaze Media investigative journalist Steve Baker being taken into FBI custody for his J6 reporting.
Ex-Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge being held in contempt yesterday for refusing to reveal her sources about a Chinese-American scientist investigated by the FBI but never… https://t.co/nlQV589S14
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) March 1, 2024
Is this the “Democratic” country we are living in?
Where reporters are arrested just for documenting events?
Breaking: Putin just arrested another journalist bravely exposing corruption in the Kremlin.
I’m sorry, that’s not right.
The Biden FBI just arrested Blaze Media investigative journalist Steve Baker (@TPC4USA) for his J6 reporting.
Democracy, right?
pic.twitter.com/9bBDVHzjEp— William Wolfe 🇺🇸 (@William_E_Wolfe) March 1, 2024
Apparently so.
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