Infowars Employee Pleads Guilty To Rioting Charge

Law & Crime reports:

A 37-year-old defendant and video editor associated with Infowars, the website owned by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has admitted to illegally entering the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. Samuel Christopher Montoya pleaded guilty on Monday to a single count of parading, demonstrating, and picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.

According to prosecutors, Infowars host Owen Shroyer, who has also been charged with breaching the building that day, featured Montoya on his show on Jan. 8, 2021 in a video titled “EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT OF ASHLI BABBITT’S EXECUTION.” Montoya is identified as “Sam” and credited as a “Video Editor” for Infowars. Federal investigators seemed skeptical of Montoya’s apparent claims that he was acting as a journalist while at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

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‘We Are in the Capitol, Baby!’: Infowars Video Editor Who Claimed Proximity to Ashli Babbitt Shooting Death Pleads Guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol Breachhttps://t.co/H3cwK3pmT2

— Jim (@JimLHorn1) November 7, 2022

Samuel Christopher Montoya faces a maximum sentence of six months of imprisonment after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.https://t.co/AGPVMaIJbm

— ABC 7 Amarillo (@ABC7Amarillo) November 8, 2022

Plea hearing set for tomorrow in Jan 6 case of Sam Montoya

Per charging document, a witness told FBI: “Montoya worked for Infowars and that Montoya showed a video of himself walking through the Capitol and captured footage of the death of Ashli Babbitt” pic.twitter.com/axbdazACOL

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) November 6, 2022

Sam Montonya… When it is all said and done, years from now, this is what will be remembered most by family and friends. It is nothing to be proud of.https://t.co/ZG2MOh3AtR pic.twitter.com/pQJMhN4EwG

— observe_ct (@CtObserve) November 6, 2022