Among the many thousands of Americans who came to the Capitol building on January 6th, 2021,

were an awful lot of journalists, working journalists, and they were there because, among other things,

it was a news story in progress, so they went to what we call cover the story and the

overwhelming majority of them worked for various organs of state media the

associated press Reuters the New York Times, the Washington Post, NBC News, and their job was to bolster whatever the people in charge claim is true.

But there were also some independent journalists there that day.

One of them was called Steve Baker. He now works for the Blaze.

And he was there for the same reason everyone else is there, to watch the protest play out

and to cover it.

And like so many reporters that day,

he eventually moved with the crowd inside the Capitol building

and he did so peacefully to cover the story.

We're not guessing about this. He did not show up to break windows or

poke anyone with a flagpole. He was there to cover it as a journalist. So we have footage of it of

Baker in the Capitol. We're going to put it up now. You can see he's not

riding or attacking police he's standing there watching what's happening

around him covering the story. But because Steve Baker wasn't wise enough to

get a job with the Washington Post or the New York Times or any other news outlet that works for the Biden administration, the FBI singled him out, not as a reporter, which he is, but as an insurrectionist.

And then they charge him with crimes for being there.

The charges include disruptive conduct and restricted building,

parading, demonstrating or picketing in the capital building.

And they meant it.

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