Free press under fire

Article subtitle: 
Steve Baker's battle ... and ours
Article author: 
Glenn Beck
Article publisher: 
The Blaze
Article date: 
3 March 2024
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 

This is the type of journalist America needs right now. This is the kind of man America needs right now.

Steve Baker is an investigative reporter for Blaze News. He's been working on investigating the holes in the narrative of what happened on January 6... And on Friday morning, he turned himself in to the FBI. They told him he should come in shorts and flip-flops because it would be easier for them to put on the orange jumpsuit and ankle irons. Suffice it to say, he wore a suit and tie.

... he didn’t know what he was being charged with. We do know it has something to do with January 6, but the FBI refused to tell him what his charges are because he might "tweet it out." Heaven forbid he exercise his First Amendment right and defend himself in the public square...

Let that sink in for a minute. The Sixth Amendment says every citizen has the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation" when charges are brought against him. That's the same amendment that guarantees the right to a speedy, fair, impartial trial. I missed the exception in that amendment for reporters investigating January 6...

Baker is the guy who has gotten a lot of the tape out about January 6, the guy who has been putting the pieces together before anybody else was putting them together. This man is a journalist - and an excellent one. And that's why they're after him...

Why is the Blaze News reporter the one they put in cuffs? Is it because we are on to something? Are we getting closer to the truth of what happened that day? Are the elites afraid that their house of cards will come tumbling down?...

When the United States government can come after individuals, that's when you know our republic is crumbling. I've always said that if they can go after Donald Trump, they will go after people like you and me. And now they are...

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