Far right influencer Jake Lang arrested for vandalizing sculpture on Minnesota Capitol steps

Law enforcement arrested far-right influencer and pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang in St. Paul for destroying a sculpture on the front steps of the Capitol on Thursday.

Lang posted a video to social media of him kicking the newly-installed sculpture that reads "prosecute ICE." 

A state trooper arrested Lang a short time later near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and University Avenue. He was booked at the Ramsey County Jail for suspicion of criminal damage to property.

In a post to X, Lang claims he is being charged with a felony.

The sculpture had been put up earlier the same day by a group of veterans who were protesting ICE's ongoing presence in Minnesota.

Lang says he plans on holding a rally inside the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday, but officials say he does not have a permit to do so.

Last month, Lang, who is from Florida, led an anti-Islam rally in Minneapolis, which drew a large crowd of counter-protesters.