Federal prosecutors began laying out their case against Daniel Baker, portraying him as an anarchist with a military background who was capable of carrying out the violent call to arms he posted online about attacking right-wing protesters at the Florida Capitol earlier this year.
Baker, 33, appeared in U.S. District Court Tuesday for the first day of his trial on two federal counts involving the transmission of threats over the internet to kill or injure. He signaled to U.S. Judge Allen C. Winsor that he would be testifying on his own behalf. Prosecutors could rest their case as early as Wednesday.