Jake Lang
American far-right activist and politician
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Edward Jacob Lang[1] (born 1995–96) is an American far-right activist and politician. He was a participant in the 2021 January 6 United States Capitol attack, for which he served four years in prison. Lang's charges were dismissed by President Trump in his pardon of attack defendants on the first day of his second presidency in 2025.
- Activist
- politician
Jake Lang | |
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| Born | Edward Jacob Lang Narrowsburg, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Delaware Valley High School Hunter College (dropped out) |
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| Known for | Participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack |
| Political party | Republican |
| Criminal status | Released (pardoned) |
Lang is a Republican candidate in the 2026 U.S. Senate special election in Florida. He is due at a hearing in Washington D.C. on March 24, 2026, for threatening comments to a Capitol Police officer at a January 6 fifth-anniversary event and at trial in Minneapolis on July 27, 2026, on suspicion of a felony for defacing a $6,000 anti-ICE ice sculpture in front of the Minnesota State Capitol.
Early life
Edward Jacob Lang was born in Narrowsburg, New York in Sullivan County, New York. He graduated from Delaware Valley High School in Milford, Pennsylvania in 2013 and attended Hunter College in Manhattan for one year before dropping out and starting a series of businesses. These included an online modeling agency, a social media platform called Liberty Centric, and a religious-themed clothing line.[2]
Activities
January 2021
Lang was arrested on January 16, 2021. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Lang was in prison for four years on an 11-count indictment, including assault charges for attacking officers with a baseball bat.[2][3][4]
Related
In March 2026, Lang was charged with a misdemeanor for threatening Metropolitan Police officer Jason Bagshaw at an event commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Capitol attack, telling Bagshaw that he should be "put down like a dead dog" and hanged in front of the Capitol, as well as dragged "out by his ankles" and thrown "in the Potomac." Lang has plead not guilty, and his hearing is set for March 24, 2026. In addition, he has been given a stay-away order.[5]
Candidacy for U.S. senator from Florida
Lang announced his run for U.S. Senate from Florida, where he enjoys support,[1] in the Republican primary to be held in August 2026. On October 22, 2025, he said that, as senator: "I would deputize the Proud Boys and the January 6 Patriots to bounty hunt illegal immigrants."[6] Lang also stated his "very first act as a US Senator" would be "to ban Islam!!"[7]
Minneapolis
On January 17, 2026, a week after Renée Good was killed by ICE Agent Jonathan Ross,[8] Lang attempted to lead a "March Against Minnesota Fraud" in which he vowed to burn a Quran and march to Cedar-Riverside, a neighborhood with a large Somali-American population.[9] He and his small group of supporters were surrounded by hundreds of counter-demonstrators. Lang was shielded by a local Black man[9] and was able to escape. Bloodied, Lang was helped by two Black women by car at a red light. When they asked who he was, he refused to tell them or explain what was going on, only that Trump had saved his life. After a few blocks, they told Lang to get out. He gave them his number promising to pay for the damage to their car by counter-demonstrators but he never followed up.[9] Lang abandoned his plans for the march and alleged he was stabbed and attacked by counter-protesters but never filed a police report.[10]
Lang was later arrested after recording himself vandalizing a $6,000 anti-ICE sculpture at the Minnesota State Capitol.[11] He was arrested and jailed on suspicion of criminal damage to property, a felony.[12] He later plead guilty.[11] The ice sculpture had been commissioned and installed by the veterans organization Common Defense, whose communications director, Jacob Thomas, stated: "I gave eight years of my life in service to this country in the military. For an insurrectionist to destroy our display is an attack on the First Amendment veterans like me fought to defend."[13] The trial is being presided over by Ramsey County District Judge Venna Iyer, whom Lang made sexist and racist comments about: “It was completely jarring to have a Black, Indian woman be my judge. I felt literally held captive in another country. I felt like I was walking into a courtroom in Mogadishu.” Lang's trial is set for July 27; he could face up a maximum sentence of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines.[11]
March 2026
Lang organized an anti-Islam demonstration outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's official residence at Gracie Mansion on March 8, 2026. His “Stop the Islamic Takeover of New York City, Stop New York City Public Muslim Prayer” drew 20 people; as in Minneapolis, there were many more counter-protestors. Two from Pennsylvania threw "two suspicious devices"[14] towards participants.[15]
See also
Further reading
- Gilbert, David (June 12, 2024). "A January 6 Rioter Is Leading an Armed National Militia From Prison". Wired. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
