Far-right streamer Tim ‘Baked Alaska’ Gionet arrested during Capitol riot

A right-wing videoblog that once filmed a law enforcement video was arrested on Saturday by the FBI after broadcasting live on Capitol Hill amid the January 6 uprising.

In a criminal complaint released on Saturday, the Justice Department said it arrested Anthime Joseph Gionet, the far-right activist better known as “Baked Alaska”, on charges of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Gionet, who tested positive for COVID-19 just days before the rebellion and currently faces unrelated charges for allegedly spraying pepper on a security guard last year, traveled to DC this month for the “Stop The Steal” events. While protesters stormed Congress, Gionet, a former BuzzFeed employee who became a far-right pro-Trump activist, broadcast himself live at the event on DLive, a popular video platform that ended up removing the stream.

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