Brandon Straka, founder of the “WalkAway Campaign” and a self-described “former liberal,” was wrongfully painted by the Biden administration as an “extremist” and as an instigator of violence during the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, his attorney said. “The government has presented a very aggressive narrative and is trying to paint all the Jan. 6 protesters as insurrectionists and violent rioters. This is the picture they painted,” Straka’s attorney, Bilal Essayli, told The Epoch Times in an exclusive interview on Jan. 25. Straka, 45, of Nebraska, was sentenced on Jan. 24 for disorderly conduct surrounding his participation in the breach of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 last year. He received three months of home detention, a $5,000 fine, and three years of probation. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich accused Straka of abusing his online platform to encourage people to attack on Jan. 6 as well as defending …
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