Infowars Host At Riot Hearing: I Behaved Like Jesus

The Daily Beast reports:

In a truly bizarre attempt to get his charges dismissed for his alleged role in the Capitol riots, Infowars host Jonathon Owen Shroyer compared his conduct to that of Jesus Christ or the Dalai Lama. The comparison was among several arguments Shroyer made in a Thursday motion to dismiss the two misdemeanors charges he faces.

He also insisted that he’s a member of the press and that the government invited him onto federal grounds by removing the barricades. Shroyer argued that if his actions that day “amount to disorderly conduct, then Jesus Christ or the Dalai Lama would have been arrested for trying to be a peacemaker.”

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In a truly bizarre attempt to get his charges dismissed for his alleged role in the Capitol riots, Infowars host Jonathon Owen Shroyer compared his conduct to that of Jesus Christ or the Dalai Lama. https://t.co/mmRpDYF4zx

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 14, 2021