InfoWars host set to plead guilty in Capitol riot case
WASHINGTON — A host of the far-right conspiracy website InfoWars who was on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is scheduled to plead guilty Friday, according to a court filing Tuesday.
Owen Shroyer, an Austin, Texas, resident and host of “The War Room With Owen Shroyer,” was charged in August 2021 with four misdemeanor counts, including entering a restricted grounds and disorderly conduct.
This week, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered a status conference in Shroyer’s case set for Friday converted to a change-of-plea hearing. Although the order does not indicate which charge or charges Shroyer intends to plead guilty to, he faces only misdemeanor counts.
Shroyer is represented by Connecticut-based defense attorney Norm Pattis, who also represented former InfoWars employee and Proud Boys organizer Joe Biggs in his trial earlier this year. Biggs was one of four Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy in May. Pattis, who also represented InfoWars founder Alex Jones, was disciplined in January for improperly giving other Jones attorneys medical records of the relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting. That six-week suspension was stayed while Pattis appeals.
In charging documents, prosecutors said Shroyer can be seen in video and images from Jan. 6 standing near Jones and “Stop the Steal” rally organizer Ali Alexander in a restricted area of the Capitol grounds near the inauguration stage. To date, neither Jones nor Alexander have been charged in connection with the riot.
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