{"id":2029730,"date":"2023-09-12T18:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infowars-host-owen-shroyer-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-over-role-in-lead-up-to-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T18:31:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:31:23","slug":"infowars-host-owen-shroyer-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-over-role-in-lead-up-to-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infowars-host-owen-shroyer-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-over-role-in-lead-up-to-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Owen Shroyer, InfoWars host, gets 60-day jail term for involvement in events leading to Jan. 6."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finfowars-host-owen-shroyer-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-over-role-in-lead-up-to-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>InfoWars Host Owen Shroyer Sentenced to Jail for\u2062 Role in Jan. \u20636 Riot<\/h2>\n<p>InfoWars host Owen\u200d Shroyer has been sentenced to 60\u200b days \u200din jail for his \u2064involvement in the\u200c Jan. 6 riot\u200d at the Capitol. \u200cWhile Shroyer did not enter the Capitol building or engage in any violent acts, prosecutors argued\u2064 that\u200c his online platform played a significant role in &#8220;creating&#8221; the riot.<\/p>\n<p>Shroyer, known for his daily web show, The War Room With Owen Shroyer, on Alex\u2063 Jones&#8217; network, used his platform to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-meme-maker-ricky-vaughn-indicted-for-using-twitter-to-spread-election-disinformation-to-hillary-clinton-voters-faces-10-years-in-prison\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump Meme Maker \u201cRicky Vaughn\u201d Indicted For Using Twitter to \u2018Spread Election Disinformation\u2019 to Hillary Clinton Voters \u2013 Faces 10 Years in Prison\">spread election disinformation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-slams-violent-rhetoric-on-the-right-then-argues-president-trump-deserved-to-have-been-drone-bombed\/\" title=\"MSNBC SLAMS Violent Rhetoric on the Right \u2013 Then Argues President Trump Deserved to Have Been Drone Bombed\">violent rhetoric<\/a> leading up to the riot. Prosecutors claim that he contributed to the unrest by alleging election \u200dfraud during the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<h3>Prosecutors Cite Violent \u2063Rhetoric<\/h3>\n<p>In court filings, prosecutors\u2063 highlighted instances of what\u2063 they considered to be violent rhetoric used by Shroyer. These included chants of &#8220;1776!&#8221; and statements such \u2062as, &#8220;The Democrats are posing as communists, \u2064but we\u2062 know\u200c what they really are: they&#8217;re just tyrants, they&#8217;re tyrants. And so today, on January 6, we declare death to tyranny! Death to tyrants!&#8221; \u200bdelivered through a megaphone.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors argued that Shroyer deserved imprisonment due to his active order to stay away from the Capitol on Jan. 6, his role in stoking the fire of his followers \u2063with violent\u200c rhetoric and disinformation, and his praise of the rioters\u2063 on his online show after the events at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Shroyer had previously agreed to stay off Capitol\u2063 grounds following a 2019 incident where he disrupted a House \u200dJudiciary Committee hearing. He defended himself by emphasizing \u2063his cooperation with the investigation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infowars-host-owen-shroyer-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail-over-role-in-lead-up-to-jan-6\/\" title=\"Owen Shroyer, InfoWars host, gets 60-day jail term for involvement in events leading to Jan. 6.\">including \u200cwillingly surrendering<\/a> his electronic devices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was fully transparent and honest. And I&#8217;m glad I was to show that I was not part of any\u200d larger plan for illegal activity or violence that\u2064 day,&#8221; Shroyer stated. He also denied attempting to incite \u2063the crowd, claiming that his intention was to divert attention away from the Capitol.<\/p>\n<h3>Attorney Protests Jail Time<\/h3>\n<p>In a letter prior to sentencing, Shroyer&#8217;s\u200b attorney, Norm Pattis, strongly objected to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-ridicules-claim-he-failed-to-meet-parole-terms-while-he-was-in-coma-after-nerve-agent-poisoning\/\" title=\"Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Ridicules Claim He Failed To Meet Parole Terms \u2014 While He Was In Coma After Nerve-Agent Poisoning\">jail time<\/a> for \u200dhis client. He criticized the government&#8217;s\u2063 sentencing \u2064memorandum, describing\u200b it as an attack on freedom \u2063of speech and an attempt to penalize Shroyer for his viewpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Shroyer pleaded guilty \u200bto trespassing on restricted grounds, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison. Pattis has stated that he plans to appeal the sentence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> for more \u2064from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InfoWars host Owen Shroyer received a 60-day jail sentence for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot. Although Shroyer didn&#8217;t enter the Capitol or engage in violence, prosecutors claimed his online platform contributed to the riot&#8217;s creation. No charges of property damage were brought against him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2029731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2029730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2029731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2029730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2029730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2029730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}