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Daniel Baker wanted to encircle protesters at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., and confine them with guns. | Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
FBI charges Florida veteran with plotting armed confrontation of state Capitol protesters
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The FBI on Friday arrested a Florida Army veteran on charges of plotting to violently disrupt protests at the state Capitol leading up to President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration on Wednesday.
Daniel Baker, 33, wanted to encircle protesters at the state Capitol and confine them with guns, U. S. Attorney Lawrence Keefe and the FBI said. Baker, a former U.S. Army Airborne infrantryman who was kicked out of the service in 2007, had issued “a call to arms” seeking others to join the him on Sunday, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court. Armed protests in opposition to the election results are planned for all 50 state capitals this weekend.