Conservative Writer Pleads Guilty To J6 Charges, Expects Pardon From Trump

A conservative writer has pleaded guilty to participating in the J6 riots.

Steve Baker, a Blaze News reporter, pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts, including trespassing and disorderly conduct charges.

In a statement, Baker shared that he was very confident that President Trump would pardon him.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper will sentence Baker on March 6.

🚨 Blaze Media investigative reporter Steve Baker (@TPC4USA) is set to plead GUILTY tomorrow morning in his J6 case 🚨

The leftist media reporters who entered the Capitol that day were not charged. Steve was. What a coincidence.

He is risking it all with the hope that… pic.twitter.com/xSsOzQjzea

— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) November 12, 2024

BREAKING🚨

Blaze Journalist @TPC4USA speaks after pleading guilty in his J6 case: "I made the decision specifically to avoid the shaming exercise of a trial. I've watched enough of these trials to know that that's exactly what these are." pic.twitter.com/lDOXgxxOeQ

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) November 12, 2024

Check out what AP reported:

A writer for a conservative media outlet pleaded guilty on Tuesday to joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago, after a federal judge refused to pause his case until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

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Steve Baker, who has written articles about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot for Blaze News, entered his guilty plea on the day that his bench trial had been scheduled to begin.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper is scheduled to sentence Baker on March 6, but the judge acknowledged that the case may never reach the punishment stage. Trump has repeatedly vowed to issue pardons to Jan. 6 riot defendants.

Baker, 64, of Durham, North Carolina, had asked Cooper to postpone all of the deadlines and hearings for his case until after Trump’s inauguration. But the judge denied Baker’s request. Other judges have rejected similar requests by Capitol riot defendants who hope Trump will pardon them.

After his guilty plea, Baker told reporters that he is “very confident that I’m at the top of the list” if Trump hands out pardons. Baker said he pleaded guilty “to avoid the shaming exercise of a trial” and maintained that he didn’t do anything wrong on Jan. 6.

BREAKING: NC independent journalist Steve Baker (@TPC4USA) has plead guilty this morning to four misdemeanors for covering J6 as a non-mainstream affiliated member of the media

This is NOT a plea deal, sentencing is scheduled for March 6, 2025

These are the same four…

— Stephen Horn (@stephenehorn) November 12, 2024