It's unlikely that any of the self-proclaimed journalists can mount a viable defense on the First Amendment's free speech grounds, experts say. It’s everything that a journalist is,” Witzemann told a New Mexico television station after his arrest April 6. She said it is an easy case to make that Capitol riot defendants were not journalists because reporters and photographers must have credentials to work there. Defense attorney Steven Kiersh challenged court-ordered restrictions on Sullivan's use of the internet and social media. After his arrest, Witzemann told KOB-TV that others had breached barricades outside the Capitol before he arrived.

Source: ABC News April 18, 2021 11:39 UTC