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InfoWars host sentenced to 60 days in Capitol riot case (www.cnn.com)
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Owen Shroyer, a right-wing conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Tuesday for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Shroyer pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of entering and remaining on restricted grounds in June 2023. He did not enter the Capitol building itself.

DC District Judge Timothy Kelly told Shroyer during sentencing, “You kind of stand out as a unique case,” and told him he was “not nearly just a trespasser,” on January 6.

According to court documents, Shroyer “spread election disinformation” in the months leading up to the Capitol attack. Prosecutors say in the documents that by December 31, 2020, InfoWars was focusing primarily on January 6.

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[–] 92 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Of course CNN leaves a key point out of the article: Shroyer had previously gotten probabtion for a protest way before all the Jan 6th mess. Part of his punishment for that was he was not allowed at all on capitol grounds - so that played a role in the charges/sentencing as well.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    So he won't learn anything from this.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    CNN was sabotaged with a change in leadership. I used to view them as a somewhat trustworthy left leaning source, now I view them as right wing propaganda

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