1st Amendment Under Attack! Biden DOJ Orders Journalist To Surrender To FBI For J6 Coverage

Biden regime persecuting political opponents while claiming Trump wants to be a dictator

Joe Biden’s rogue Department of Justice ordered a Blaze Media journalist to surrender himself to the FBI on Friday over his coverage of the January 6th debacle.

“It’s really happening,” wrote Steve Baker, explaining the FBI has officially signed off on his arrest warrant.

Baker noted he’s been instructed to wear shorts and sandals when he sees the federal magistrate, showing he’s likely to be put into a prison jumpsuit and paraded around as a criminal for the media.

Baker’s charges are “under seal” until the warrant is served on Friday.

Baker told Blaze News, “They didn’t have to go this route. We have been told that my charges are only misdemeanors. And my attorneys have been assured that this will be an ‘in and out’ affair with ‘no intention’ to detain me. But rather than issuing a simple order to appear, they went the ‘arrest warrant’ route.”

“We do not know if there will be pretrial travel restrictions, although that has been the norm for J6 defendants — even for misdemeanor defendants,” he added. “It has also been universal that no J6ers are allowed to travel to Washington, D.C., which for obvious reasons will have a deleterious impact on my work. We also do not know if there will be any other accompanying restrictions or orders: gag order from talking about my case, no social media, limited social media, order to surrender devices and/or firearms. All unknowns.”

Editor-in-Chief of Blaze Media Matthew Peterson called the treatment of Baker “outrageous” and said they’ll soon show the world “footage from January 6 that shows Steve was clearly present that day as an independent journalist.”

He continued, “Government retaliation such as this against journalists contradicts the very idea of a free press, the purpose of our form of government, and what once was the American way of life. This should not be happening in America.”

What’s especially disturbing about the mistreatment of Baker is the fact that his reporting on January 6th contradicts many mainstream narratives and exposes facts the establishment is trying to keep from the American people.

The journalist’s attorneys have even suggested the U.S. Department of Justice may be orchestrating a “retaliation” against Baker due to his Jan. 6 reporting, which has focused on Capitol Police officers lying in court and the government’s bizarre handling of the J6 pipe bomber story.

Popular podcast host Tim Pool wrote on X, “Opposition journalists are being arrested. Biden is Putin now.”

Former Executive Director of the U.S. Senate Steering Committee Clint Brown wrote:

“This is disgusting. The Steve Baker situation is a good example for demonstrating the regime rules. We live in a weird hybrid authoritarian state. Sure, you’re free to mostly do whatever you want. For most people, their life is unchanged. But, if you cross the regime while not bowing to the narrative, the most powerful government in the world will crush you. The narrative is the law. And it’s not voted on by anyone. The narrative is crafted by a media, academia, IC, activist, uniparty machine. Cross the narrative and the actual laws will be used as the pretext for your destruction, but violating the narrative is your crime.”

Daily Signal columnist Mike Howell also commented on the news, writing, “The Regime is arresting Steve for the crime of exposing the lies at the core of the J6 narrative In a sane world, he’d be winning the Pulitzer Prize and a national hero for telling the truth Instead they’re arresting this journalist Truly evil behavior by Wray and his thugs.”

Of course, Baker isn’t the first journalist to be targeted by the corrupt Biden DOJ as Infowars host Owen Shroyer and many others could tell you.