This ailment supporting the apprehension warrant for Owen Shroyer is photographed successful Frederick, Md., Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. Court documents amusement that a big of the right-wing website Infowars, Owen Shroyer, has been charged successful transportation to the Jan. 6 riot astatine the U.S. Capitol. Shroyer, who hosts "The War Room With Owen Shroyer" connected the website operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, faces misdemeanor charges specified arsenic disorderly behaviour and entering a restricted country of Capitol grounds. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

This ailment supporting the apprehension warrant for Owen Shroyer is photographed successful Frederick, Md., Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. Court documents amusement that a big of the right-wing website Infowars, Owen Shroyer, has been charged successful transportation to the Jan. 6 riot astatine the U.S. Capitol. Shroyer, who hosts "The War Room With Owen Shroyer" connected the website operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, faces misdemeanor charges specified arsenic disorderly behaviour and entering a restricted country of Capitol grounds. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

WASHINGTON – The big of a programme for the right-wing website Infowars, Owen Shroyer, is successful custody aft being charged successful the Jan. 6 riot astatine the U.S. Capitol, officials said Monday.

Shroyer, who hosts “The War Room With Owen Shroyer” for the website operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, said connected aerial Friday that helium had to crook himself successful to authorities Monday greeting to look misdemeanor charges stemming from Jan. 6.

He was scheduled to look successful national tribunal successful Texas aboriginal Monday. Shroyer said successful a video posted Sunday that helium is "obviously wholly guiltless of the charges."

“Quite frankly, I'm confused," helium said. “I'm confused astatine the allegations and the charges.”

Shroyer said helium was astatine the Capitol “as a journalist” and determination was “never immoderate intent to disrupt anything.”

Shroyer is charged with crimes including disorderly behaviour and entering a restricted country of Capitol grounds. He was seen connected the westbound broadside of the Capitol adjacent to the inauguration signifier arsenic good arsenic astatine the apical of the stairs connected the eastbound broadside of the Capitol, according to tribunal documents. He is not accused of going into the Capitol building.

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Shroyer was outspoken successful beforehand of Jan. 6 astir wanting to halt the certification of President Joe Biden's victory, authorities said.

During an code astatine Freedom Plaza the time earlier the insurrection, helium said, according to the tribunal papers: “Americans are acceptable to fight. We’re not precisely definite what that’s going to look similar possibly successful a mates of weeks if we can’t halt this certification of the fraudulent predetermination ... we are the caller revolution! We are going to reconstruct and we are going to prevention the republic!”

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