Journalist Appears in Federal Court in Leg and Belly Chains to Face Jan. 6 Misdemeanors

Journalist Appears in Federal Court in Leg and Belly Chains to Face Jan. 6 Misdemeanors

Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker was arrested by the FBI and brought to a Texas federal courtroom in handcuffs, a belly chain and foot shackles to face four nonviolent misdemeanor charges for being at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Accompanied by defense attorneys James Lee Bright and Edward Tarpley Jr., Mr. Baker surrendered at the FBI field office in Dallas at 7 a.m. on March 1. On the lapel of his suit jacket, he wore a pin with an upsid…