Internet personality 'Baked Alaska' pleads guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
The right-wing internet personality known as “Baked Alaska” pleaded guilty Friday in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, federal court records show.
The right-wing internet personality known as “Baked Alaska” pleaded guilty Friday in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, federal court records show.
Anthime Gionet, who livestreamed himself storming the Capitol, pleaded guilty to one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor, according to the records.
The charge carries up to six months in prison. Attorneys listed as representing Gionet did not immediately return requests for comment Friday night.
A judge scheduled sentencing for Jan. 12, records show.
Anthime Joseph Gionet, known online as Baked Alaska, at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Department of JusticeGionet entered the Capitol along with hundreds of other rioters that day, and he conducted a 27-minute livestream video while inside, according to court documents.
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