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Sat Jan 17, 2026, 04:00 PM 16 hrs ago

Capitol riot insurrectionist Trump pardoned FA and FO in Minneapolis


A chaotic scene interrupts between right-wing influencer Jake Lang and counterprotesters as he tries to leave a rally in Minneapolis Saturday, Jan. 17. (Renée Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune 1h
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.

He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him.
http://bit.ly/4baGhJn



Conservative influencer Jake Lang led a small group of fewer than a dozen people with his “March Against Minnesota Fraud” outside Minneapolis City Hall. A second protest, organized by the People’s Action Coalition Against Trump, drew overwhelmingly more people, who chased Lang to a downtown hotel.

https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426


BevMarie 🪷@evenbev
Jake Lang beating police officers with stolen shield (and bat) on Jan 6 at US Capitol. He was pardoned.



As captured best on Exhibit W, around 4:55 p.m., another rioter handed LANG the bat that had been used by other rioters at least twice before to attack the officers. Over the next five minutes, from 4:55 p.m. to 5 p.m., LANG repeatedly, and strategically, attacked the officers guarding the Capitol with that bat. Specifically, he can be seen striking the officers with the bat at the following times: 4:54.58 p.m.; 4:56.30 p.m.; 4:56.44 p.m.; 4:57.13 p.m.; 4:57.15 p.m.; 4:57.21 p.m.; 4:57.26 p.m.; 4:57.32 p.m.; 4:58.06 p.m.; 4:58.29 p.m.; 4:59.10 p.m.; 4:59.32 p.m.; 4:59.49 p.m.; 4:59.51 p.m.; 4:59.54 p.m.; and 4:59.58 p.m. These are captured on Exhibit V and Exhibit Y (BWC footage from one of the officers repeatedly hit with the bat). LANG only stopped after he was shot with a rubber bullet that hit him in the foot...

United States v. Edward Jacob Lang: https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/Edward%20Jacob%20Lang%20Government%20Opposition%20to%20Defense%20Motion%20for%20Release.pdf
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Capitol riot insurrectionist Trump pardoned FA and FO in Minneapolis (Original Post) bigtree 16 hrs ago OP
Hard to feel sorry for him, but dang that must be cold. Biophilic 15 hrs ago #1
a bath bigtree 15 hrs ago #4
... SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #2
Really... We Do Not see Enough of Cha 15 hrs ago #5
Muhalo, Cha! SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #6
Mahalo, Sheltie... Cha 15 hrs ago #7
And you gave the perfect reply, as always! SheltieLover 15 hrs ago #8
this news DoBW 15 hrs ago #3
Credit LessAspin 14 hrs ago #9
Lang then wielded a metal bat -- a deadly weapon against officers of the US Government. Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #10

Cha

(317,180 posts)
5. Really... We Do Not see Enough of
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 04:42 PM
15 hrs ago

These Pardoned J6 FAFO.

This is a Freaking Delicious Retribution For the Gaslit Fascist Fuck Jake Lang.

Go Minnesotans For Democracy!

LessAspin

(1,827 posts)
9. Credit
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 05:21 PM
14 hrs ago

To everyone for quickly identifying these agitators and acting accordingly..




Guys, this is not just any right-wing news guy, this is David Zere, the one-time owner of a pasta factory and the representative for a Russian "mob-tied" real estate developer for a Long Island project.

Jacqueline Sweet (@jsweetli.bsky.social) 2026-01-12T19:25:14.888Z

Kid Berwyn

(23,208 posts)
10. Lang then wielded a metal bat -- a deadly weapon against officers of the US Government.
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 05:24 PM
14 hrs ago

Now he wields deadly weapons with impunity (until the good people in Minnesota) against We the People.

There’s a problem somewhere and it smells like a big, fat, greasy orange NAZI rat.

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