Notorious MAGA influencer gets max jail sentence for contempt of court: report

A pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who showed up to support a racist livestreamer charged with attempted murder got himself thrown in jail — earning the maximum contempt sentence allowed under Tennessee law.

Jake Lang, a far-right provocateur and long-shot Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, was removed in handcuffs from a Thursday bond hearing for Dalton Eatherly — the white livestreamer known online as "Chud the Builder" — after the judge ordered him out of the courtroom.

Caught on video, Judge H. Reid Poland III told Lang directly: "Told you, sir, you did not have a speaking role today. You decided that you wanted one for whatever reason. I don't know why, but take him to custody."

Under Tennessee law, contempt of court carries a maximum of 10 days in jail. Lang got the maximum sentence, according to his fiancée, fellow Jan. 6 rioter Rachel Myers, who was convicted and released on probation. Myers posted on X that "the judge gave him the max of ten days."

Myers disputed the characterization of events, claiming Lang "literally did nothing" and was jailed merely for shaking his head and saying "two-tiered justice" as he was escorted out. She called the judge "a psychopath."

Lang was there to support Eatherly, who faces attempted murder charges after shooting a Black disabled veteran outside the Montgomery County Courthouse earlier this month. Eatherly has a lengthy history of posting videos using racial slurs against Black people — and has become a cause célèbre in far-right circles, raising more than $100,000 for his legal defense in a single day.

Lang is no stranger to controversy himself. Trump pardoned him in January 2025 after he spent nearly four years awaiting trial on charges including assaulting police officers with a baseball bat during the Capitol attack. Since his release, he has led anti-Islam rallies, performed a Nazi salute outside AIPAC headquarters, and threatened a Capitol Police commander. He is currently running for the Florida Senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio.