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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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[–] 28 points 2 years ago

Shroyer interrupted a Congressional hearing I think in 2018 or 2019, I'm fuzzy on the details but I believe it was part of Trump's impeachment. When he refuses to stop disrupting he was arrested. He entered into a non prosecution agreement with prosecutors where he agreed to do 30ish hours of community service and to stay off capital grounds for some period of time. He did zero of his required hours of community service. Then went on capital grounds, which he agreed not to do, for January 6. This is basically why he's fucked even though he didn't trespass on J6,, he violated his own nonprosecution agreement, which he voluntarily entered into. He's a fucking moron.

Meanwhile Alex Jones is spinning this as the government trying to silence Infowars. All of my information is courtesy of the Knowledge Fight podcast.

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