Infowars host Owen Shroyer has pleaded guilty to joining the mob of Donald Trump supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol.
with four misdemeanor counts, is among a few defendants who neither went inside the Capitol nor were accused of engaging in violence or destruction.
"The First Amendment permits and protects the rights of individuals to assemble and engage in demonstrations that confront and criticize the government, even when those demonstrations become rowdy or unruly," Pattis wrote.“Shroyer’s claimed status as a journalist does not immunize him from criminal prosecution,"Shroyer, who has worked at Infowars since 2016, said he went to Washington, D.C., with Jones and others who worked for the website.
A day before the Capitol insurrection, Shroyer called in to a live Infowars broadcast and internet program and said, “Everybody knows this election was stolen.” Shroyer said in an affidavit that he accompanied Jones and his security detail to Capitol grounds on Jan. 6.
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