‘Baked Alaska’ wants his ankle monitor removed after Capitol riot charge and insists he loves...

“Baked Alaska” – real name Anthime Gionet – a prominent white nationalist social media personality who was charged for breaching the US Capitol during the 6 January insurrection, is pleading with a court to remove a GPS monitor he has been wearing.

The controversial figure – formerly a commentator at Buzzfeed prior to his transformation into an alt-right media personality – said he should not have to wear the tracker because he does "not come from a background of violence" and claims he “loves the police”, Politico reported.

However, footage from the Capitol riot suggests Mr Gionet's views on police may be more muddled than he would suggest.

Mr Gionet ran a livestream of himself inside of the Capitol, and can be heard screaming at Capitol police officers during the attack.