A New York man who was charged with beating cops during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot said he’s considering a run for office just days after receiving a pardon from President Trump.
Edward Jake Lang, who was sprung from a Washington, DC, jail Tuesday, revealed he is eyeing a potential run in the 19th Congressional District, which Democratic Rep. Josh Riley flipped in November.
“I’m planning on it very soon — I’m a fundraiser juggernaut,” the 29-year-old Narrowsburg native, who pulled down over $1 million for legal and other Jan. 6-related causes while in the clink, told The Post.
Lang said more than 1,500 frenzied members of the mob who received a pardon from President Trump Monday — including those who assaulted over 140 cops defending the Capitol — had been standing against “tyranny.”
“We were being oppressed by Communist regime that had bought … our election from ‘Beijing Joe Biden,’” Lang insisted, adding that four Trump supporters were killed or died during the rampage.
He was busted 10 days after the violent siege in Newburgh, NY, and indicted on criminal charges, including assault and civil disorder.
Video also captured Lang thrusting a riot shield and repeatedly swinging an aluminum baseball bat at cops, in addition to punching and kicking officers, according to federal court records.
“I found those things in the middle of the onslaught, and used them to defend my life,” he insisted.
Lang was locked up for just over four years without going to trial, including at least 900 days in solitary confinement, he said. Still, the Trump supporter managed to give a slew of interviews and even hosted his own podcast from behind bars.
The Capitol Police Officers’ Union slammed Trump’s decision to give clemency to Jan. 6 rioters as sending “the wrong message that the lives of law enforcement officers are not valued.”
“Our political leaders need to be sending the message that…those who kill and injure police officers will be held fully accountable,” the union said.
