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{{Short description|American alt-right personality}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Baked Alaska 
| image              =
| caption            = Gionet in 2017
| birth_name         = Anthime Joseph Gionet
| birth_date         = {{birth based on age as of date|33|2021|1|16}}<ref name="ADN" />
| birth_place        = [[Anchorage, Alaska]], U.S.
| education          = [[Azusa Pacific University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| occupation         = [[Livestreamer]]
| other names        = Tim Gionet<br>Tim Treadstone 
| known_for          = [[Alt-right]] personality
}}
'''Anthime Joseph''' "'''Tim'''" '''Gionet''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date|33|2021|01|16|mos=1|noage=1}}),<ref name="ADN">{{Cite web|last=Boots|first=Michelle Theriault|date=January 16, 2021|title=He went from a childhood in Anchorage to alt-right fame. Now, the social media personality known as Baked Alaska has been arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol.|url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2021/01/16/he-went-from-a-childhood-in-anchorage-to-alt-right-fame-now-the-social-media-personality-known-as-baked-alaska-been-arrested-for-storming-the-us-capitol/|access-date=January 16, 2021|website=[[Anchorage Daily News]]|language=en-US}}</ref> more commonly known as '''Baked Alaska''', is an American [[far-right]] media personality and [[neo-Nazi]],<ref name="AP">{{cite web|last1=Roston|first1=Aram|title=Far-right social media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself "Baked Alaska," was sentenced to 30 days in jail Thursday for misdemeanor convictions arising from an encounter in which authorities say he shot pepper spray at an employee at an Arizona bar.|url=https://apnews.com/article/media-alaska-social-media-arizona-387f5b38e8fc120930016740abb9f534|website=AP|date=January 13, 2022|access-date=January 24, 2022|archive-date=January 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115122939/https://apnews.com/article/media-alaska-social-media-arizona-387f5b38e8fc120930016740abb9f534|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 16, 2021 |title='Baked Alaska' arrested in Capitol Hill riot - FBI |language=en-US |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/baked-alaska-arrested-capitol-hill-riot-fbi-2021-01-16/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115122939/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/baked-alaska-arrested-capitol-hill-riot-fbi-2021-01-16/ |archive-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 2021 |title=Far-right personality charged with damaging Hanukkah display|language=en-US |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/personality-charged-damaging-hanukkah-display-81339425 |url-status=live |access-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123134113/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/personality-charged-damaging-hanukkah-display-81339425 |archive-date=November 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 20, 2021 |title=Far-right media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself "Baked Alaska" and has been charged over the riot at the United States Capitol|language=en-US |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-far-right-livestreamer-baked-alaska-charged-over-vandalism-of-hanukkah-menorah/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122173418/https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-far-right-livestreamer-baked-alaska-charged-over-vandalism-of-hanukkah-menorah/ |archive-date=January 22, 2022}}</ref> who gained notoriety through his advocacy on behalf of [[alt-right]] and [[white supremacist]] ideology.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Airbnb-bans-white-supremacist-rally-attendees-501892|title=Airbnb bans white supremacist rally attendees|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|date=August 8, 2017|first=Shoshana|last=Kranish|access-date=January 15, 2019|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050521/https://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Airbnb-bans-white-supremacist-rally-attendees-501892|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Schwartz|first1=Drew|title=Neo-Nazis Can't Find Airbnbs for Their Massive Rally|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kdx59/neo-nazis-cant-find-airbnbs-for-their-massive-rally-vgtrn|website=Vice|date=August 7, 2017|quote=alt-right powerhouses Richard Spencer and Baked Alaska|access-date=December 29, 2018|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050500/https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kdx59/neo-nazis-cant-find-airbnbs-for-their-massive-rally-vgtrn|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Novak">{{cite web|last1=Novak|first1=Matt|title=Why Are Neo-Nazis on Twitter So Scared of Being Called Neo-Nazis?|url=https://gizmodo.com/why-are-neo-nazis-on-twitter-so-scared-of-being-called-1797793858|website=Gizmodo|date=August 13, 2017 |access-date=August 18, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050500/https://gizmodo.com/why-are-neo-nazis-on-twitter-so-scared-of-being-called-1797793858|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tognotti">{{cite web|last1=Tognotti|first1=Chris|title=Pro-Trump internet comedian marched with white supremacists in Charlottesville|url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/trump-troll-baked-alaska-charlottesville/|website=Dailydot|date=August 13, 2017|access-date=August 18, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050501/https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/trump-troll-baked-alaska-charlottesville/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Darcy" /> He has also used the alias '''Tim Treadstone'''.<ref name="Darcy" />

Prior to his 2016 transformation into an alt-right activist, Gionet was initially a rapper and Internet [[Practical joke|prankster]]. He later worked as a commentator for ''[[BuzzFeed]]'', where he supported [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] and [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] political positions and marched in support of [[Black Lives Matter]].<ref name="Darcy" /> In 2016, Gionet turned to the politics of [[Donald Trump]] and the alt-right in what he described as a rejection of "[[political correctness]]".<ref name="Darcy" /> By 2017, Gionet's political views had [[radicalized]]; that year, he began to use his social media platform and [[Internet activism]] to promote racist and antisemitic ideologies. He also played a role in the 2017 white supremacist [[Unite the Right rally]] in Charlottesville, Virginia.

At the beginning of 2019, Gionet claimed to have abandoned the alt-right and released videos in which he denounced the alt-right and [[Internet meme|meme]] culture as sources of terrorism and violence. As part of an attempt to rebrand himself, he gave a series of interviews condemning the alt-right and expressed plans to establish a non-profit organization in order to [[Deradicalization|teach anti-racism to white supremacists]]. In November 2019, Gionet reverted to his earlier politics, professing far-right ideology and collaborating with the white nationalist [[Groypers|Groyper]] movement.<ref name="thedailybeast.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-donald-trump-jr-landed-smack-in-the-middle-of-a-right-wing-civil-war|title=How Donald Trump Jr. Landed Smack in the Middle of a Right-Wing Civil War|first=Will|last=Sommer|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=The Daily Beast|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108005221/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-donald-trump-jr-landed-smack-in-the-middle-of-a-right-wing-civil-war|url-status=live}}</ref> He then began to earn notoriety for his [[Live streaming|livestreams]], in which he would antagonize or harass bystanders, resulting in an [[assault]] charge in December 2020.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Watch Alt-Right YouTuber Beg Cop For Mercy After Obnoxious Anti-Mask Stunt Backfires|url=https://toofab.com/2020/10/13/alt-right-youtuber-baked-alaska-begs-cop-for-mercy-antimask/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050647/https://toofab.com/2020/10/13/alt-right-youtuber-baked-alaska-begs-cop-for-mercy-antimask/|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=October 14, 2020|website=Toofab|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Alt-Right Personality Baked Alaska's YouTube Channel Is Banned|url=https://www.distractify.com/p/baked-alaska-banned|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050534/https://www.distractify.com/p/baked-alaska-banned|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=October 14, 2020|website=Distractify|date=October 13, 2020|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Baxter|first=Erasmus|date=December 11, 2020|title=Alt-Right Troll Baked Alaska Arrested for Macing Scottsdale Bouncer|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/baked-alaska-arrested-in-scottsdale-for-macing-bouncer-11519482|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=Phoenix New Times|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108195459/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/baked-alaska-arrested-in-scottsdale-for-macing-bouncer-11519482|url-status=live}}</ref>

Originally known as an [[extremely online]] personality, Baked Alaska was gradually [[Block (Internet)|banned]] from most mainstream social media platforms.<ref name="vox">{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/22235691/baked-alaska-tim-gionet-arrest-capitol-riot-alt-right-buzzfeed|title= Baked Alaska's clout-chasing spiral into white supremacy is an internet morality tale|newspaper=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|date=January 17, 2021|first=Aja|last=Romano|access-date=}}</ref> In January 2021, Gionet livestreamed the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|U.S. Capitol building breach]] by a [[pro-Trump]] mob, which was found to be a violation of his release.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Ryman|first=Anne|title=Scottsdale prosecutor says far-right streamer Tim 'Baked Alaska' Gionet violated release conditions by traveling to Capitol riot|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2021/01/13/scottsdale-prosecutor-says-far-right-streamer-tim-baked-alaska-gionet-violated-release-conditions/4150529001/|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210114080536/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2021/01/13/scottsdale-prosecutor-says-far-right-streamer-tim-baked-alaska-gionet-violated-release-conditions/4150529001/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was later reported that Gionet's footage was used by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) to identify other trespassers.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=The FBI Is Using Baked Alaska's Livestream to Track Down Capitol Hill Rioters|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdmaj/the-fbi-is-using-baked-alaskas-livestream-to-track-down-capitol-hill-rioters|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=www.vice.com|date=January 13, 2021 |language=en|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114030623/https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdmaj/the-fbi-is-using-baked-alaskas-livestream-to-track-down-capitol-hill-rioters|url-status=live}}</ref> Gionet was later arrested by federal agents that month in connection with his activities at the Capitol.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":9" /> He was released pending trial and continued livestreaming while facing federal charges.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|last=Ryman|first=Anne|title=Federal judge will allow far-right streamer Tim 'Baked Alaska' Gionet to continue livestreaming videos but calls conduct 'dangerous'|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2021/06/04/tim-baked-alaska-gionet-charged-in-capitol-invasion-prosecutors-want-banned-posting-videos-online/7530555002/|access-date=August 31, 2021|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite news|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=November 19, 2021|title=The Ugly New Charges Against Jan. 6 Rioter 'Baked Alaska'|language=en|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-ugly-new-charges-against-jan-6-rioter-baked-alaska|access-date=November 19, 2021}}</ref> On January 10, 2023, Gionet was sentenced to 60 days in jail.<ref name="60days">{{Cite news |last=Cheney |first=Kyle |title=Judge sentences 'Baked Alaska' to 60 days in jail for Jan. 6 conduct |language=en |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/baked-alaska-60-days-jan-6-jail-00077254 |access-date=January 10, 2023 |date=January 10, 2023}}</ref>

== Early life==
Gionet was born in [[Anchorage, Alaska]], to a family of eight. His father is a pharmacist and his mother is a nurse. Both his parents are devout [[Christianity|Christians]] who operate a non-profit organization aimed at promoting Christianity and providing medical supplies to orphanages in eastern [[Russia]]. During his formative years, Gionet was actively involved in his parents' charity and went to Russia with them numerous times. Five of his siblings were adopted from Russia.<ref name="Darcy">{{cite web|last1=Darcy|first1=Oliver|title=The untold story of Baked Alaska, a rapper turned BuzzFeed personality turned alt-right troll|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-baked-alaska-milo-mike-cernovich-alt-right-trump-2017-4|website=Business Insider|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=June 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624121348/http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-baked-alaska-milo-mike-cernovich-alt-right-trump-2017-4|url-status=live}}</ref> As an adolescent, Gionet spent a year and a half in the Russian city of [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]]. He later said that part of his "chaotic nature" may have stemmed from this experience.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kassel|first1=Matthew|title=The story behind internet troll Baked Alaska|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2021/01/baked-alaska-anthime-gionet/|website=Jewish Insider|date=January 12, 2021|access-date= }}</ref>

In 2006, Gionet left Alaska for [[Los Angeles]] and attended [[Azusa Pacific University]],<ref name="Darcy" /> where he graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[marketing]].<ref name="ADN2">{{cite news |last=Kelsey |first=Erika |date=August 2, 2013 |title=Local performer stuffs rap, satire and Alaskana into his online music videos  |url=https://www.adn.com/arts/article/local-performer-stuffs-rap-satire-and-alaskana-his-online-music-videos/2013/08/03/ |work=Anchorage Daily News |location= |access-date=}}</ref>

== Early career ==
While working at [[Warner Records]], Gionet was a social media and marketing intern for [[Warped Tour]]. [[Kevin Lyman]] gave him the nickname "Alaska" in reference to where he grew up. In order to make it more "unique", Gionet changed the nickname to "Baked Alaska", a [[List of slang names for cannabis#Slang names for cannabis' effects|reference]] to him being a [[Cannabis culture|marijuana user]]  and a play on the dessert [[baked Alaska]].<ref name="Darcy" />

=== Rap and Internet pranks ===
In 2011, Gionet worked for [[Capitol Records]] for a short time, before pursuing his own career in [[Hip hop music|rap music]] with a "wild, [[redneck]], kick-ass" persona. He kept his nickname Baked Alaska as a [[stage name]].<ref name="Darcy" /> His rap songs used a satirical tone<ref name="ADN2" /> and traded on his Alaskan roots, with titles like "I Live on Glaciers"<ref name="ADN" /> or "I Climb Mountains".<ref name="Darcy" /> In 2013, the ''[[Anchorage Daily News]]'' published a profile of Baked Alaska, describing him as a "comedy/music video artist".<ref name="ADN2" />

Gionet also posted many humorous videos on [[Vine (service)|Vine]] where he became known as a [[Practical joke|prankster]], achieving some online popularity. A video of him pouring a gallon of milk on his face attracted several millions of views.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Ben |title=We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/media/capitol-anthime-gionet-buzzfeed-vine.html?smid=tw-share |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 11, 2021 |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111012553/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/media/capitol-anthime-gionet-buzzfeed-vine.html?smid=tw-share |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="vox" /> In 2013, he called himself a "cross between [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al]], [[The Lonely Island|Lonely Island]], [[Borat]] and [[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]".<ref name="ADN2" />

Gionet attempted to promote his rap career by producing several professionally-made videos, which failed to become [[Viral video|viral]]. While in Los Angeles, he was also involved in the party scene and had issues with drugs and alcohol, leading him to seek professional help to get sober. Unhappy with his life in Los Angeles and the lack of progress of his musical career, Gionet was about to return to Alaska when his social media skills and popularity on Vine led him to be hired by ''[[BuzzFeed]]''.<ref name="Darcy" />

=== Employment with BuzzFeed ===
From 2015 to 2016, Gionet worked for ''BuzzFeed'' as a [[Digital marketing|social media strategist]], and later commentator. He first managed ''BuzzFeed'''s Vine account, then took over one of its [[Twitter]] accounts.<ref name=":1" /> As he had done during his rap career, Gionet was protective of his real name while he worked at ''BuzzFeed''; most of his colleagues knew him only as "Alaska" and some of his employers believed his family name was "Treadstone", after another of his aliases.<ref name="ADN" />

Gionet first identified politically as a [[libertarianism|libertarian]], supporting [[Rand Paul 2016 presidential campaign|Rand Paul's 2016 presidential campaign]] and the [[Decriminalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States|legalization of marijuana]], and participating in [[Black Lives Matter]] street demonstrations.<ref name="Darcy" /> For a time, he kept a [[Bernie Sanders]] poster at his desk, but later started wearing [[Make America Great Again|MAGA]] hats around the office.<ref name=":1" /> Gionet claims to have left ''BuzzFeed'' and turned to the politics of [[Donald Trump]] and the alt-right in rejection of "[[political correctness]]". He commented in 2017 that "''BuzzFeed'' turned [him] into a monster".<ref name="Darcy" />

After leaving ''BuzzFeed'' in 2016, Gionet traveled as [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]' ''Dangerous Faggot'' Tour manager. He later stopped working for Yiannopoulos, who reportedly found his views too extreme.<ref name="Darcy" /><ref name="Porter">{{cite web|last1=Porter|first1=Tom|title=Who are the Alt-Right Leaders Addressing the White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville?|url=http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-leaders-are-addressing-largest-white-nationalist-rally-decades-650096|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813192729/http://www.newsweek.com/alt-right-leaders-are-addressing-largest-white-nationalist-rally-decades-650096|archive-date=August 13, 2017|access-date=August 18, 2017|website=Newsweek|date=August 12, 2017}}</ref>

== Politics ==
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===Alt-right figure===
In May 2016, Gionet was introduced to then-candidate Donald Trump, and Trump signed Gionet's arm next to where he had Trump's face tattooed.<ref name="Darcy" /> Later that month, Gionet released the song "MAGA Anthem", which featured pro-Trump lyrics and amassed more than 100,000 views on [[YouTube]]. [[Mike Cernovich]] then hired Gionet to work on a project dedicated to gathering Trump supporters.<ref name="Porter" /> Following the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Gionet continued his pro-Trump activism, delivering speeches and participating in multiple rallies.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Montgomery|first1=Blake|title=Here's What Really Happened At Saturday's Berkeley Riot|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/blakemontgomery/heres-what-really-happened-at-saturdays-berkeley-riot|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050517/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/blakemontgomery/heres-what-really-happened-at-saturdays-berkeley-riot|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2017|website=BuzzFeed|date=April 19, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Harkinson|first1=Josh|title=Meet Silicon Valley's Secretive Alt-Right Followers|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/silicon-valley-tech-alt-right-racism-misogyny/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726132535/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/silicon-valley-tech-alt-right-racism-misogyny/|archive-date=July 26, 2018|access-date=June 27, 2017|website=Mother Jones}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lamoureux|first1=Mike|title=Violent Protests Turned Berkeley into a Battleground|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pg5bnm/violent-protests-turned-berkeley-into-a-battleground|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050530/https://www.vice.com/en/article/pg5bnm/violent-protests-turned-berkeley-into-a-battleground|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2017|website=Vice|date=April 16, 2017 }}</ref>

Gionet was also known for spearheading the #DumpKelloggs and #TrumpCup [[Hashtag activism|hashtag campaigns]].<ref name=":7">{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Bruce|title=Food Fight: Breitbart News Asks Readers To Boycott Kellogg's Products|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/11/30/food-fight-breitbart-news-asks-readers-to-boycott-kelloggs-products/|work=Forbes|access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126070111/http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2016/11/30/food-fight-breitbart-news-asks-readers-to-boycott-kelloggs-products/|url-status=live}}</ref> #TrumpCup was a Twitter trend in November 2016; following allegations that a [[Starbucks]] employee refused to write "Trump" on a cup, Gionet began a campaign instructing patrons to claim their name was "Trump", forcing baristas to write it. The [[hashtag]] trended with more than 27,000 tweets in the span of two days.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Earl|first1=Jennifer|title=Donald Trump supporters start #TrumpCup movement to protest Starbucks|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-supporters-start-trumpcup-movement-to-protest-starbucks/|website=CBS News|date=November 18, 2016 |access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050612/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-supporters-start-trumpcup-movement-to-protest-starbucks/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Holmes|first1=Jack|title=These Alt-Right Bros Certainly Are Spending a Lot of Money at Starbucks|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a50833/trump-starbucks-protest-cup/|website=Esquire|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050531/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a50833/trump-starbucks-protest-cup/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Leininger|first1=Alex|title=Trump supporters launch #TrumpCup as a protest against Starbucks|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/living/trump-cup-starbucks/index.html|website=CNN|date=November 18, 2016|access-date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050556/https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/living/trump-cup-starbucks/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Phillips|first1=Kristine|title=A Starbucks barista refused to write 'Trump' on a cup. How his supporters are striking back.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/11/21/a-starbucks-barista-refused-to-write-trump-on-a-cup-how-his-supporters-are-striking-back/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050547/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/11/21/a-starbucks-barista-refused-to-write-trump-on-a-cup-how-his-supporters-are-striking-back/|url-status=live}}</ref> #DumpKelloggs was an attempted boycott in response to [[Kellogg's|Kellogg]] pulling ads from [[Breitbart News|''Breitbart'']].<ref name=":7" />

In late 2016, conflict arose between Cernovich and Gionet when Gionet made [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks on Twitter, claiming the media was "run in majority by Jewish people". Gionet was disinvited from [[DeploraBall]], an unofficial [[United States presidential inaugural balls|inaugural ball]] for the alt-right. Gionet later mended his relationship with Cernovich, saying that he had been "heated" when he made those posts, and that he had misspoken.<ref name="Darcy" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Allan|title=Alt-right movement descends into civil war after leading figure is booted from Trump inauguration event|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/alt-right-civil-war-twitter-cernovich-milo-alaska-2016-12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050650/https://www.businessinsider.com/alt-right-civil-war-twitter-cernovich-milo-alaska-2016-12|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2017|website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gray|first1=Rosie|title=The 'New Right' and the 'Alt-Right' Party on a Fractious Night|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/the-new-right-and-the-alt-right-party-on-a-fractious-night/514001/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004044846/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/the-new-right-and-the-alt-right-party-on-a-fractious-night/514001/|archive-date=October 4, 2019|access-date=June 27, 2017|website=The Atlantic|date=January 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kearney|first1=Laila|title=Trump fans' 'Deploraball' party shows rift in alt-right movement|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-deploraball/trump-fans-deploraball-party-shows-rift-in-alt-right-movement-idUSKBN14I1Y4|url-status=live|access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050608/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-deploraball/trump-fans-deploraball-party-shows-rift-in-alt-right-movement-idUSKBN14I1Y4|archive-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Usborne|first1=David|title='Islam is a threat to America': What the alt-right had to say at their rally after Portland's stabbings|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/portland-train-stabbing-alt-right-rally-battle-for-soul-of-nation-oregon-white-supremacists-a7774631.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050655/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/portland-train-stabbing-alt-right-rally-battle-for-soul-of-nation-oregon-white-supremacists-a7774631.html|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2017|website=Independent|date=June 6, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Willis|first1=Jay|title=White Nationalist Twitter Melts Down Over Fancy Inauguration Party Guest List|url=https://www.gq.com/story/deploraball-drama|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050616/https://www.gq.com/story/deploraball-drama|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2017|website=GQ|date=December 28, 2016}}</ref>

In February 2017, Gionet called for a boycott of [[Netflix]] in response to the announcement of ''[[Dear White People (TV series)|Dear White People]]''. He claimed that the show was "[[Reverse racism|anti-white]]" and promoted "[[White genocide conspiracy theory|white genocide]]".<ref name="Mashable">{{cite web|last1=Hamedy|first1=Saba|title=Guy who failed at Starbucks boycott fails at 'Dear White People' boycott|url=http://mashable.com/2017/02/09/dear-white-people-netflix-twitter-backlash/#WAZsd7boXSqF|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050608/https://mashable.com/2017/02/09/dear-white-people-netflix-twitter-backlash/#WAZsd7boXSqF|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2017|website=Mashable|date=February 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 2, 2017|title=Dear White People trailer accused of, erm, racism|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38920374/dear-white-people-trailer-accused-of-erm-racism|access-date=December 4, 2018|website=BBC Newsbeat|language=en-GB|archive-date=May 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529090950/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38920374/dear-white-people-trailer-accused-of-erm-racism|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2017, Gionet wrote and self-published a book, ''Meme Magic Secrets Revealed'', through Amazon.<ref name="Darcy" /> The book was removed as a copyright violation due to its use of [[Pepe the Frog]] on the cover.<ref>{{cite web|title=Is the alt-right's use of Pepe the Frog "fair use?"|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/is-the-alt-rights-use-of-pepe-the-frog-fair-use/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050622/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/is-the-alt-rights-use-of-pepe-the-frog-fair-use/|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=January 4, 2019|website=Ars Technica|date=September 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="forward">{{cite web|title=Pepe The Frog Creator Sues To Take His Meme Back From 'Alt-Right'|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/383124/pepe-the-frog-creator-sues-to-take-his-meme-back-from-alt-right/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050551/https://forward.com/fast-forward/383124/pepe-the-frog-creator-sues-to-take-his-meme-back-from-alt-right/|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=January 4, 2019|website=Jewish Daily Forward|date=September 19, 2017 }}</ref> Also that year, Gionet participated in an alt-right rally outside the [[Lincoln Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and later addressed participants at the white nationalist [[Unite the Right rally]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], on August 11, 2017.<ref name="Porter" /> At the Unite the Right rally, he marched and chanted, "[[You will not replace us]]", "[[White Lives Matter]]", and "I'm proud to be white".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Unite the right pre game torch march - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPQScy9Z7M|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050628/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPQScy9Z7M|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=January 7, 2021|website=www.youtube.com| date=April 17, 2018 }}</ref> Gionet was [[Mace (spray)|maced]] by unknown assailants during the rally; a video which showed him pouring milk on his face to try to neutralize the chemical went viral in September 2017.<ref name="vox" /><ref name="nymag" />

On social media, Gionet has frequently promoted the [[Fourteen Words]], a white supremacist slogan.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 16, 2017|title=Verified no more, Twitter drops blue check from white nationalists' accounts|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/16/verified-no-more-twitter-drops-blue-check-white-nationalists-accounts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050547/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/16/verified-no-more-twitter-drops-blue-check-white-nationalists-accounts|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2019|publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]]}}</ref><ref name="nymag">{{cite web|date=August 14, 2017|title=The 'Ironic Nazi' Is Coming to an End|url=https://nymag.com/selectall/2017/08/baked-alaska-charlottesville-and-the-end-of-ironic-nazi.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050621/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/08/baked-alaska-charlottesville-and-the-end-of-ironic-nazi.html|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2021|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=November 15, 2017|title=Twitter Has Permanently Banned Alt-Right Troll Baked Alaska|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimdalrympleii/twitter-has-permanently-banned-alt-right-figure-baked-alaska|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050610/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jimdalrympleii/twitter-has-permanently-banned-alt-right-figure-baked-alaska|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2019|publisher=[[BuzzFeed]]}}</ref> He has also hosted an online [[talk show]] in which he interviewed far-right personalities such as [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] [[Richard B. Spencer]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Colburn|first1=Randall|title=Baked Alaska's sad new talk show features guests like '@RichardBSpencer' calling in from their bedrooms to listen to '@BakedAlaska' talk about his relevance|url=https://www.avclub.com/let-s-check-in-on-neo-nazi-troll-baked-alaska-who-is-h-1822089517|website=AV Club|date=January 15, 2018 |access-date=December 28, 2018|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050520/https://www.avclub.com/let-s-check-in-on-neo-nazi-troll-baked-alaska-who-is-h-1822089517|url-status=live}}</ref> He was permanently banned from Twitter after posting a photoshopped image of [[Laura Loomer]], a [[Jews|Jewish]] far-right activist, inside a [[gas chamber]].<ref name="Darcy" /> In December 2022, Gionet had his original Twitter account reinstated.

=== Vacillating ideological affiliations ===
Since 2016, Gionet has frequently changed his political ideology, and has on various occasions oscillated between far-right ideology and anti-racist progressivism. After years of promoting white nationalist and alt-right politics, in March 2019, Gionet attempted to rebrand himself as a reformed ex-racist, who had come to recognize that the alt-right and [[Internet meme|meme]] culture were hateful and led to terrorism and violence. He released an emotional video apologizing for his past participation in meme culture, and stated: "I was brainwashed, I felt like I was part of a cult". Gionet also alleged a link between meme culture and the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]], and warned of conservatives becoming radicalized to the far-right.<ref name="dailybeast">{{cite news|last=Sommer|first=Will|title=Baked Alaska denounces the alt-right|newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]]|url=https://elink.thedailybeast.com/view/5bae99853f92a46ecbcf5b739rlr3.15s/0f27da77|url-status=live|access-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050606/https://elink.thedailybeast.com/view/5bae99853f92a46ecbcf5b739rlr3.15s/0f27da77|archive-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name="dailydot2">{{cite web|last1=Martinez|first1=Ignacio|date=May 22, 2019|title=The atonement of an alt-right troll|url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/baked-alaska-atonement-alt-right-deplatforming/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050537/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/baked-alaska-atonement-alt-right-deplatforming/|archive-date=January 9, 2021|access-date=May 28, 2019|website=Dailydot}}</ref> In the course of his attempted rebranding, Gionet claimed in an interview with ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' that he was never serious about far-right politics, and thought that the alt-right "was just fun memes and jokes and edgy [[4chan]] posting" until he "got to the end of this rabbit hole and realized these guys are serious".<ref name="dailybeast" /> Gionet purportedly abandoned his support for President Trump, and began promoting [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020 Democratic presidential candidate]] [[Andrew Yang]], such as in his rap music video "Yang Gang Anthem".<ref name="dailybeast" />

Without finding success in this rebranding,<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|last=O'Connor|first=Meg|date=July 19, 2019|title=Alt-Right Troll Baked Alaska Shows He Hasn't Changed at ICE Protest in Phoenix|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/alt-rights-baked-alaska-shows-he-hasnt-changed-at-ice-protest-11329273|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=Phoenix New Times|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114012956/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/alt-rights-baked-alaska-shows-he-hasnt-changed-at-ice-protest-11329273|url-status=live}}</ref> Gionet relocated to [[Phoenix, Arizona]], by July 2019. He [[livestreaming|livestreamed]] at a left-wing protest, alternately pretending to be a reporter and protester, antagonizing journalists, and provoking protesters on camera.<ref name=":8" />

In November 2019, Gionet officially reverted his politics. He deleted his apology videos, and began collaborating with the white nationalist [[Groypers|Groyper]] movement in its "[[trolling]]" of [[Turning Point USA]] rallies.<ref name="thedailybeast.com" />

== Livestreaming ==
From 2019, Gionet became known for his livestreams in which he often filmed himself variously annoying, harassing, insulting and sometimes [[pepper spray]]ing bystanders at the whims of his audience.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" />

During 2020, in the midst of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]], Gionet would film himself trespassing on privately owned establishments that [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|require the wearing of face coverings]], while refusing to wear one. He would mock and insult employees of these establishments for wearing masks, and refuse to leave when told to do so.<ref name=":4" /> He eventually posted on social media that he had contracted [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Ben|date=January 11, 2021|title=We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/media/capitol-anthime-gionet-buzzfeed-vine.html?smid=tw-share|access-date=January 11, 2021|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111012553/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/media/capitol-anthime-gionet-buzzfeed-vine.html?smid=tw-share|url-status=live}}</ref>

As he livestreamed, Gionet received donations from his audience. He was reportedly paid tens of thousands of dollars by Internet viewers who found his conduct amusing, or agreed with the political messages. In October 2020, he was banned from [[YouTube]] for his repeated illegal behavior.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bain|first=Ellissa|date=October 13, 2020|title=YouTube: Baked Alaska's channel banned after viral video shows him harassing shop attendants!|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/10/13/baked-alaska-youtube/|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=HITC|language=en-GB|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031235627/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/10/13/baked-alaska-youtube/|url-status=live}}</ref> Later on, he used the streaming service IP2Always.Win, which is known for hosting similar videos.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 18, 2021|title=Streamer who was reportedly at Capitol riot gets into fist fight while wearing Confederate flag|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/livestream-fight-wearing-confederate-flag/|access-date=September 3, 2021|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Participation in the 2021 Capitol attack ===
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On January 6, 2021, Gionet participated in the [[2021 United States Capitol attack|attack on the U.S. Capitol]] in support of then-President Trump.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/baked-alaska-protest-covid/|title=Baked Alaska attends far-right election protest despite recent COVID-19 diagnosis|date=January 6, 2021|website=The Daily Dot|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109050612/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/baked-alaska-protest-covid/|url-status=live}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/07/baked-alaska-the-qanon-shaman-who-led-the-storming-of-the-capitol|title=Baked Alaska, the QAnon Shaman ... who led the storming of the Capitol?|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Carroll|first=Rory|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 9, 2021|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111045854/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/07/baked-alaska-the-qanon-shaman-who-led-the-storming-of-the-capitol|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Namita|date=January 8, 2021|title=Far-right streamer stormed Capitol while Covid positive|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/capitol-riot-covid-tim-gionet-trump-white-supremacist-b1784316.html|access-date=January 10, 2021|website=[[The Independent]]|language=en|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109181529/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/capitol-riot-covid-tim-gionet-trump-white-supremacist-b1784316.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  Due to bans from other platforms, Gionet used the service [[DLive]] to livestream his actions outside and inside the building.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|last=Paz|first=Isabella Grullón|date=January 16, 2021|title=Far-right activist 'Baked Alaska' is among the latest Capitol rioters to be arrested.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/politics/arrests-capitol-riot.html|access-date=January 16, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116185007/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/us/politics/arrests-capitol-riot.html|url-status=live}}</ref> About 16,000 people watched his Capitol livestream.<ref name="ADN" /> DLive later suspended several accounts, removed broadcasts, and suspended earnings of those who participated in the Capitol riot, including Gionet's.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Browning|first1=Kellen|last2=Lorenz|first2=Taylor|date=January 8, 2021|title=Pro-Trump Mob Livestreamed Its Rampage, and Made Money Doing It|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/dlive-capitol-mob.html|access-date=January 10, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109012306/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/dlive-capitol-mob.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Petrizzo|first=Zachary|date=January 9, 2021|title=Nick Fuentes, 'Baked Alaska' banned from DLive following Capitol riots|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-baked-alaska-dlive-bans/|access-date=January 10, 2021|website=[[The Daily Dot]]|language=en-US|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109183920/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-baked-alaska-dlive-bans/|url-status=live}}</ref> Gionet was also banned from [[TikTok]] following these events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/tiktok-ban-baked-alaska-youtube-1563783|title=TikTok Bans YouTuber Baked Alaska Following U.S. Capitol Riot Arrest|website=Newsweek|first=Janice|last=Williams|date=January 22, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> On January 13, it was reported that Gionet's livestream was being used by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] to identify and track down suspects who had broken into the Capitol building, some of whom Gionet had interviewed.<ref name=":6" />

== Legal issues ==
Gionet was arrested in multiple livestreamed instances of [[trespass]]ing and [[assault]], including pepper spraying a [[Bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]], in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], in December 2020.<ref name=":4" /> Following this particular incident, Gionet was found guilty of assault, disorderly conduct, and criminal trespass, all [[misdemeanor]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ryman |first=Anne |date=November 1, 2021 |title=Far-right streamer 'Baked Alaska' found guilty of assault, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass in Scottsdale case |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2021/11/01/far-right-streamer-baked-alaska-found-guilty-of-assault-disorderly-conduct-scottsdale/6237640001/ |access-date=November 5, 2021 |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":12" /> On January 13, 2022, Gionet was sentenced to 30 days in jail.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 13, 2022|title=Far-right's 'Baked Alaska' gets 30 days in jail over assault|url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Far-right-s-Baked-Alaska-gets-30-days-in-jail-16774121.php|access-date=January 14, 2022|website=The Edwardsville Intelligencer|language=en-US|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114001022/https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Far-right-s-Baked-Alaska-gets-30-days-in-jail-16774121.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 13, 2022|title=Accused Capitol rioter Baked Alaska jailed for 30 days for macing Arizona bouncer|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/baked-alaska-capital-riot-jail-b1992842.html|access-date=January 14, 2022|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 14, 2022 |title=Accused Capitol rioter Baked Alaska jailed for 30 days for macing Arizona bouncer |work=Independent |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/baked-alaska-capital-riot-jail-b1992842.html%3famp |access-date=March 14, 2022}}</ref>

On January 14, 2021, Gionet failed to appear at a court hearing in Scottsdale in which prosecutors aimed to revoke his [[Bail|pre-trial release]] that had been granted after his December 2020 arrest related to the incident with the bouncer.<ref name=":5" /> Prosecutors argued that Gionet had violated his bail conditions multiple times in relation to the 2021 Capitol attack: by leaving the state of Arizona, by knowingly entering and remaining on the Capitol grounds without lawful authority, and by violently entering and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baxter|first=Erasmus|date=January 14, 2021|title=Baked Alaska No-Shows Scottsdale Hearing, Warrant Issued|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/baked-alaska-no-shows-scottsdale-hearing-warrant-issued-11525622|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116201942/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/baked-alaska-no-shows-scottsdale-hearing-warrant-issued-11525622|archive-date=January 16, 2021|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=[[Phoenix New Times]]}}</ref> An Arizona judge issued a [[Arrest warrant|warrant]] for Gionet's arrest due to breach of bail conditions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryman|first=Anne|date=January 15, 2021|title=Warrant issued for arrest of far-right streamer Tim 'Baked Alaska' Gionet after he violates release conditions, fails to show in court|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/01/14/u-s-capitol-riot-scottsdale-issues-warrant-livestreamer-tim-gionet/4162158001/|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210114235843/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/01/14/u-s-capitol-riot-scottsdale-issues-warrant-livestreamer-tim-gionet/4162158001/|archive-date=January 14, 2021|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=[[The Arizona Republic]]|language=en-US}}</ref> He was apprehended by the FBI in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]], on January 15, 2021.<ref name=":10">{{cite news |last=Balsamo |first=Michael |date=January 16, 2021 |title=Far-right personality 'Baked Alaska' arrested in riot probe |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-alaska-crime-6666c735165a19a6ee019e412235bd8d |work=AP News |access-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116172008/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-alaska-crime-6666c735165a19a6ee019e412235bd8d |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":9" /> 

On November 3, 2021, [[Maricopa County, Arizona|Maricopa County]] prosecutors charged Gionet with misdemeanor [[Property damage|criminal damage]] and attempted criminal damage over an incident in which Gionet allegedly defaced a [[Hanukkah]] display. The charges relate to a livestream from December 19, 2020, during which Gionet recorded himself tearing a "Happy Hanukkah" sign from a [[Hanukkah menorah|menorah]] in front of the [[Arizona State Capitol]], saying "No more 'Happy Hanukkah', only 'Merry Christmas{{' "}}.<ref name=":12" />

In July 2022, Gionet pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing inside a Capitol building, a misdemeanor.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kunzelman |first=Michael |title=Internet troll 'Baked Alaska' pleads guilty in Capitol riot |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 22, 2022 |url=https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-alaska-social-media-riots-f19d46ff1627ec29283acc8597ddcd0b |access-date=July 25, 2022}}</ref> In January 2023, he was sentenced to 60 days in jail.<ref name="60days" /> The randomly-assigned judge in the case, District Judge Trevor McFadden, said his actions prior to sentencing showed his lack of remorse. In December 2022, Gionet tweeted "i can't believe i'm going to jail for an [[Non-fungible token|nft]] salesman," referencing [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rabinowitz |first=Hannah |date=January 10, 2023 |title=Right-wing provocateur 'Baked Alaska' sentenced to 2 months in prison for involvement in Capitol riot {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/10/politics/anthime-gionet-baked-alaska-capitol-riot-sentence/index.html |access-date=January 10, 2023 |work=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

==Book==
* ''Meme Magic Secrets Revealed'' (Infinite Manifest Press, 2017; re-released in 2018 as ''Meme Magic Secrets Redacted'' after a copyright dispute regarding the use of [[Pepe the Frog]] on the cover)<ref name="Darcy" /><ref name="forward" />

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