In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington. Some people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 are claiming they were only there to record history as journalists, not join a deadly insurrection.
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These self-proclaimed job titles are being used to mount a First Amendment free speech defense.
The legal defenses are unlikely to stand up in court, a dean at a top journalism school said.
Several defendants charged in the Capitol riots have self-identified as journalists in a bid to justify their attendance at the deadly insurrection, according to the Associated Press.