Jake Lang
American far-right activist
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Edward Jacob Lang (born April 7, 1995)[3] is an American far-right activist. He was a participant in the 2021 January 6 United States Capitol attack, for which he served four years in prison. Lang was one of those pardoned by President Donald Trump in his pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants on the first day of his second presidency in 2025.[4]
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April 7, 1995 [2]
- Activist
Jake Lang | |
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| Born | Edward Jacob Lang[1] April 7, 1995 [2] Narrowsburg, New York, U.S. |
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| Known for | Participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack |
Political party | Republican |
Criminal status | Released (pardoned) |
Lang was issued a summons for failing to appear in court for a March 24, 2026, hearing in Washington, D.C. for making threatening comments to a Capitol Police officer at a January 6 fifth-anniversary event. Lang was due for 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. Furthermore, on June 9, 2026, Lang was arrested in Dallas County, Texas, for making a terroristic threat, for which his bond was set at $1 million and later reduced to $250,000.
Early life
Edward Jacob Lang was born in Narrowsburg, New York.[3] He has a Jewish mother.[5] He graduated from Delaware Valley High School in Milford, Pennsylvania,[6] in 2013 and attended Hunter College in Manhattan for one year before dropping out and starting a series of businesses.[7] These included an e-commerce website, night club promoter, and social media adviser to models at the start of their careers.[7]
Antisemitism
Lang has a Jewish mother, and was photographed as a child holding a bar mitzvah certificate in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.[8] However, he has said that he renounces all ties to Judaism and Israel, and posted a video of himself burning a copy of the Talmud (as well as a Quran and a book that promotes Christian Zionism). Despite this, some other far-right activists like Nick Fuentes have continued to denounce him for having Jewish heritage.[9]
On January 4, 2026, Lang staged an antisemitic demonstration outside the headquarters of the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC in Washington, D.C., during which he threw chocolate coins, gave a Nazi salute, and stated "White people in America, you will be replaced, and your children will be Black Muslims if you don't stand up now" and "White Christian men are not gonna sit around while you turn our children into a bunch of nigger lovers".[10]
Militancy and political career
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.[3][11][12] Lang told Newsweek that during his time in prison he spent hundreds of days in solitary confinement in response to the coronavirus lockdown and his continued political activities.[13]
Related arrest
In March 2026, Lang was charged with a misdemeanor for threatening a Metropolitan Police officer at an event commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Capitol attack, telling the officer 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 pled not guilty, and has been given a stay-away order.[14] He was issued a bench warrant for not making his scheduled March 24, 2026, preliminary hearing for the charge.[15]
Candidacy for U.S. senator from Florida
Lang announced a run for U.S. Senate from Florida in the Republican primary held in August 2026.[1] 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."[16] Lang also stated his "very first act as a US Senator" would be "to ban Islam".[17] By the end of 2025, Lang had raised a total of $4,397 for his campaign.[18] His campaign was not considered serious.[10] He failed to register as a candidate with the secretary of state of Florida and was not on the ballot for the 2026 primary election.[19]
Minneapolis
On January 17, 2026, a week after Renée Good was killed by ICE Agent Jonathan Ross,[20] 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.[21] He and his small group of supporters were surrounded by hundreds of counter-demonstrators. Lang was shielded by a local Black man[21] 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.[21] Lang abandoned his plans for the march and alleged he was stabbed and attacked by counter-protesters but never filed a police report.[22]
Lang was later arrested after recording himself vandalizing a $6,000 anti-ICE sculpture at the Minnesota State Capitol.[23] He was arrested and jailed on suspicion of criminal damage to property, a felony.[24] He later plead not guilty.[23] The ice sculpture had been commissioned and installed by the veterans organization Common Defense.[25] The trial is being presided over by Ramsey County District Judge Veena Iyer, whom Lang made sexist and racist comments about. Lang's trial is set for July 27; he could face a maximum sentence of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines.[23] On April 8, prosecutors added a second-degree property damage charge related to bias against an individual or group. The next hearing is scheduled for October 9.[26]
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.[1] 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 counter-protestors from Pennsylvania were arrested by the New York Police Department after they threw two incendiary devices at the demonstration.[27][28]
May 2026
At a bond hearing for Dalton Eatherly, known online as "Chud the Builder," Lang was arrested and taken into custody after disrupting courtroom proceedings.[29]
June 2026
On June 2, 2026, Lang was arrested in Frisco, Texas and charged with criminal trespass in April 2025 at David Kuykendall Stadium, site of the murder of Austin Metcalf.[30] He was released June 3 on a $7,500 bond.[31]
On June 9, Lang was arrested in Dallas County, Texas for making a terroristic threat related to the same murder trial. Lang's bond was initially set at $1 million before being reduced to $250,000.[31][32][33] He was released on bond on June 23 with a condition that he was barred from entering the State of Texas except for legal reasons.[33]
August 2026
On August 22, 2026, Lang was arrested in Minneapolis along with others after they drove onto a sidewalk where a crowd was gathered.[34] He was released on August 27 after the Hennepin County Attorney's Office declined to pursue felony charges.[35][36]
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.
