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Viva Frei - Recovering Former Litigator! From Law to Politics & Beyond

Interview with Blaze Journalist Steve Baker - from Jan. 6 Charges to Cory Mills / FBI Story, to Kash Patel FBI AND MORE!

Viva Frei - Recovering Former Litigator! From Law to Politics & Beyond

David Freiheit

Education

4.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Steve Baker: (Grok generated) Steve Baker is an investigative journalist known for his work with Blaze Media, a conservative news outlet. Born on April 27, 1968, in Louisiana, he grew up in Shreveport and later settled in Raleigh, North Carolina. Baker has a background in music, performing as a trumpeter and vocalist for Bull City Syndicate, and has two children, Stormie and Duncan. He gained attention for his coverage of the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, during which he was present as a freelance journalist, later selling footage to outlets like The New York Times and HBO. In March 2024, he was arrested by the FBI and charged with four misdemeanor counts related to his actions at the Capitol, including trespassing and disorderly conduct. Baker pleaded guilty to these charges in November 2024 but expressed confidence in receiving a pardon from former President Donald Trump, who issued pardons to many January 6 defendants in January 2025. His arrest sparked debate, with supporters claiming it was an attack on press freedom, while critics pointed to his sympathetic statements toward the rioters as evidence of bias.

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0:00.0

You are listening to the Viva Fry podcast. On today's episode, I interviewed journalist Stephen Baker

0:04.7

about his January 6 charges and how that got resolved. We talk about his latest piece about

0:10.5

Corey Mills and whether or not an FBI agent has gone rogue. And we talk about Dan Bongino,

0:15.6

Cash Patel, and what the FBI is doing right now. Enjoy the podcast. What you are about to witness, though funny to the

0:23.9

rest of us, is in fact not funny at all at the underlying issues. We are about to see Macron

0:29.6

get manhandled, pun intended. For those listening on podcast,

0:37.7

we just saw McCann have a hand shoved in his face,

0:41.8

immediately looks extremely surprised

0:43.9

that the cameras are viewing what is going on,

0:47.0

hand in his face right there,

0:48.2

looks out, doors open, cameras on, oh my, hey,

0:50.9

then he goes to say hello.

0:56.4

So this happened earlier today, and it's made the rounds on the interwebs.

1:03.0

And it's funny, but not funny.

1:05.5

In the sense that I'm going to keep this in the backdrop because we may want to come back to it.

1:10.2

I hadn't seen McCall look that surprised since he was totally caught not doing

1:15.6

cocaine with a bunch of other people who looked equally guilty.

1:21.7

You all remember this.

1:22.7

This was in the news also the other day.

1:25.3

There's a little, what is a little white thing of, and then when they find

1:31.8

up, look how surprised Mac Hall looks. Right. Right. Five, four, my goodness. Three, two, one, he realizes what's on the table.

1:46.8

Oh dear.

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