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„Edward Jacob »Jake« Lang, a far-right influencer and candidate in the 2026 U.S. Senate special election in Fla., was arrested [on Feb. 5, 2026] after recording himself vandalizing an anti-U.S.1 Immigration and Customs Enforcement sculpture at the Minn.
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State Capitol. Lang was arrested on the same day and jailed on suspicion of criminal damage to property, a felony [1]. The ice sculpture had been commissioned and installed by the veterans organization Common Defense, whose communications director, Jacob Thomas, stated:
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– »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« [2] [3].
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Endnotes:
[1] @FOX9 fox9.com/news/jake-lang…
[2] @GuardianUS theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…
[3] @CBSNews cbsnews.com/minnesota/news…
Source:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of…
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