Owen Shroyer, an Infowars host, disrupts the proceedings before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on 9 December 2019. Drew An...
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Owen Shroyer, an Infowars host, disrupts the proceedings before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on 9 December 2019. Drew Angerer / Getty Images. |
Shroyer continued shouting as he was escorted out of the hearing room by Capitol Police."We voted for Donald Trump, and they're simply removing him because they don't like him," he yelled, adding that Mr. Trump is "innocent." Shroyer continued filming as he spoke with officers outside the hearing room and told Capitol Police he was not violent. "If you want a comment, I think it's ironic I'm the one being hauled out of here when the Democrats are the ones committing the crimes," he told the police.
Shroyer then left the Longworth House Office Building, where the hearing is being held, and described the demonstration to police as his "patriotic duty." Shroyer is the host of "The War Room" on Infowars, the fringe outlet that traffics in right-wing conspiracy theories. The House Judiciary Committee is meeting Monday to hear presentations from Republican and Democratic staff attorneys with the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees. The hearing is the first since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, called the committee chairmen to begin drafting articles of impeachment.