COLLIN COUNTY, Texas — Far-right influencer Jake Lang was released on bond Tuesday after a Collin County judge reduced his bond on a felony terroristic threat charge, while ordering him to leave Texas except for court appearances and meetings with his attorney.
Lang was arrested after authorities alleged he threatened to kill Karmelo Anthony outside the courthouse where Anthony’s trial was taking place.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by FOX 4, investigators identified Lang in a video outside the courthouse saying he would kill Anthony with “a shot to the head.”
The Texas Department of Public Safety filed the charge after working with the Texas Fusion Center, which monitored social media and other threats related to the trial.
Following his release, Lang questioned his prosecution.
“Why am I the one being mistreated by the justice system?” Lang said.
A judge reduced Lang’s bond from $1 million to $250,000.
Criminal defense attorney and former Collin County prosecutor Rebekah Perlstein, who is not involved in the case, said the alleged threat described in the probable cause affidavit was specific.
According to court records, Lang was previously ordered to stay at least 200 feet away from the Collin County courthouse for 30 days after he was charged with criminal trespassing on June 2. Authorities accused him of climbing a fence at the site of the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf.
Perlstein said Lang returned to the courthouse two days later despite the court order.
As a condition of his bond, Lang must leave Texas within 24 hours unless he is returning for court proceedings or to meet with his attorney.
If convicted of the terroristic threat charge, Lang faces up to 10 years in prison.
Lang also faces felony charges in Minnesota, where authorities accuse him of destroying an anti-ICE sculpture on the state capitol grounds.
Lang previously spent four years in prison after his conviction for attacking police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was later released after receiving a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump.
