"Video showed him wielding a barricade shield and a baseball bat in a pitched battle with police as he wore a riot helmet stolen from a Metropolitan Police Department officer, according to court filings. Court documents show he posted photos and videos of himself on social media, including a video of a crowd at an entrance to the Capitol and the words "This is Me" superimposed overhead."
"Lang gave a video interview a day after the riot, boasting, "We are talking war. We need men up there, men who are going to pull cops down and out of there. Men who are going to take a bullet if need be, you know. This was tyrants versus freedom fighters," court papers allege."
"In the years following his arrest, Lang helped create video "documentaries" he posted to his "J6Truth" website despite being locked up pretrial. He was moved around to several jails, including in 2024 to MDC Brooklyn in Sunset Park. After his release, Lang announced he'd be a 2026 candidate for the U.S. Senate in Florida."
Jake Lang, a 30-year-old New York resident and far-right provocateur, gained notoriety for his participation in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. He spent four years in pretrial detention before receiving a presidential pardon from Trump. During the insurrection, Lang wielded a barricade shield and baseball bat in confrontations with police while wearing a stolen Metropolitan Police helmet. He posted social media content boasting about his involvement and later created video documentaries from jail on his "J6Truth" website. Following his release, Lang announced a 2026 U.S. Senate candidacy in Florida and organized political demonstrations, including an anti-Islam protest at Gracie Mansion that drew counterprotesters accused of throwing improvised bombs.
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