Former Fox News host Gavin McInnes was apparently arrested on Thursday night after law enforcement gained access to his New York studio while he broadcast his network’s Thursday night live stream.
Shortly after his “Get Off My Lawn” live show began, police officers believed by Censored.tv subscribers to be federal agents gained access to the studio. McInnes, who founded the web network Censored.tv after being canceled on social media, was heard on the live stream having a heated verbal exchange with officers before leaving the studio. McInnes’ stream was left unattended for over an hour before it ended.
McInnes, standing at his desk, told the off camera law enforcement officers, “Yeah. Alright, I’m happy to do that. I’ll get a lawyer, and we will sit down and have a conversation. We’ll schedule a meeting, and I’ll sit down with my lawyer.”
The officer’s response to McInnes was not within range of the microphone, but after he spoke McInnes replied, “I didn’t let you in.”
DEVELOPING: looks like Gavin McInnes was visited by law enforcement (alleged feds) while live-streaming his show
The stream has now been live for 30 minutes and Gavin is nowhere to be seenpic.twitter.com/3Wtj4QFS1q
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) August 26, 2022
One Twitter user claims that after amplifying and applying filters to the audio, the words “federal investigator” and “arresting you” become audible.
@TheRalphRetort I downloaded the audio from this clip that was posted and amplified it with noise correction. At about 1:08 someone says "Federal Investigator" and what sounds like "arresting you." You can hear police radios. https://t.co/yqNNSCrgSA
— Ty Tannenbaum (@TyTannenbaum) August 26, 2022
What appear to be chirping noises made by police radios can be heard in the video, but viewers reported only silence after McInnes left the frame until the stream was taken offline.
Prior to the Thursday night incident, McInnes told viewers of Censored.tv that he had reason to believe he was under some sort of surveillance.
“Then today I go outside, and my neighborhood is not downtown, it’s a lonely suburb. There’s an unmarked police car parked in front of my house. So I walked over to it and I go, ‘How we doing?'” McInnes said in an episode of his podcast released earlier this week, “And they look very uncomfortable.”
The feds finally made their move on Gavin McInnes. They arrested him in front of his audience. The message is clear: anti-communist views will not be tolerated. pic.twitter.com/FmCBEbFv5g
— Nikolai (@bananasorblow) August 26, 2022
It’s unclear what branch of law enforcement visited McInnes’ studio, which is based in New York City.
Comedian Josh Denny, who is set to tour with McInnes and Compound Media’s Anthony Cumia, seemed to confirm that McInnes was arrested on Twitter.
“It’s not a bit,” wrote Denny, adding “he’s rotting away in jail because he dared to question authority.” Denny added that he is working to get McInnes released.
The show goes on. We aren’t canceling ANY. Working with the @censoreddottv team and @RelocationBoss to get him out.
We’ll fucking be there. #FreeGavin
— Josh Denny (@JoshDenny) August 26, 2022
Comedian Cripp Daddy, who hosts a show for Censored TV, posted a statement explaining that he “cannot legally discuss what happened” to McInnes.
“I’m not sure what the coming days will bring, but the rest of us are all going to try to figure things out and hopefully keep stuff as normal as possible until there can be some answers.”
A statement in regards to the Gavin McInnes stream situation pic.twitter.com/yKJT7rdMP7
— Donavan (Cripp Daddy♿™️) (@YungCrippComedy) August 26, 2022
McInnes is the founder of Vice Media and the Proud Boys. He left the Proud Boys in 2018 after several Proud Boys were attacked by Antifa after a speech he delivered at the New York Young Republicans Club, and was not part of the club on January 6, 2021.
The cultural pundit has previously indicated he believed he would be asked to testify, either for the January 6 committee or at trial for one or more of the Proud Boys arrested for attending the January 6 protests.
McInnes is currently promoting a comedy tour with Compound Media personalities with shows scheduled in Las Vegas, Dallas and New York.
Gavin McInnes has a comedy show in Sept in Dallas! https://t.co/GwAKT5Kqw5
— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) August 26, 2022
Valiant News contacted Censored.tv’s producer for comment and did not receive an immediate response.
This is a breaking news story and may be updated with additional information as it becomes available.
Hadit
August 25, 2022 at 10:08 pm
I’m all in
Pablo
August 26, 2022 at 12:47 pm
Maxine Waters can say what ever she wants.
Karl
August 28, 2022 at 9:22 am
So who’s doing what to find him? What needs to be done and how do we go about it? Where do the Thought Police take their political prisoners?
jamesbbkk
August 25, 2022 at 11:07 pm
Was Ryan there?
Boca Brat
August 26, 2022 at 1:08 pm
Pretty sure he was the one that opened the door. Gav can be heard saying “don’t let them in”… The show was still running so they must have nabbed Ryan too.
Nick1
August 26, 2022 at 7:48 am
Had enough of Democrats and the Biden KBG YET?
Lionel
August 26, 2022 at 4:18 pm
We are and have been under attack by the Nov 3 Insurrectionists. They are desperately hanging onto power to avoid long jail sentences and have resorted to an illegal cold martial law and elimination of our USC. What to do, what to do…..military should take note of these goings on as they may be next.
omega man
August 27, 2022 at 5:11 pm
change “desparately” to “determinedly”…. They have the tiger’s tail and letting go would be suicidal. They are clearly in the driver’s seat with the electorate pinning their hopes on a distant midterm election hoping that it will be held,free, honest, transparent, and honored…. The cabal dare not relinquish their grip on that dirty tail, so they are determined to survive.
Philip Seth Hammersley
August 26, 2022 at 10:34 am
Was it Biden’s Geheim Staatspolizei or his Schutz Staffel?
2004done
August 29, 2022 at 3:28 am
I’d say “it doesn’t matter,” but it does. Inter-Alphabet rivalry seems to be determined by their radical support, and Unconstitutional actions are the “blood-in-the-water” to these radical sharks.
Anon Screwed
August 26, 2022 at 11:52 am
Anyone can be a target of the deep state without notice it seems. All of you need to watch your back. I guess there’s no way to avoid trouble without rescinding involvement from politics altogether.
nightdipper
August 26, 2022 at 12:09 pm
This doesn’t feel like Kansas anymore….
Juju Brown
August 26, 2022 at 12:23 pm
The PoPo are not your friend…..
Dzlfnatk
August 26, 2022 at 12:35 pm
He won’t be let out. Never should have complied.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/06/13/former-phoenix-reporter-who-broke-clinton-lynch-tarmac-story-dies/7679503002/
JerryDV
August 27, 2022 at 11:13 am
What a coincidence. Another reporter/person who outed a Clinton commits suicide.
Samanna
August 26, 2022 at 12:52 pm
Bad thing is- we are at war.
Good thing is you no longer need to sing the part about “land of the free, home of the brave” anymore when singing along with the national anthem.
Boca Brat
August 26, 2022 at 1:14 pm
What a shitty thing to happen. Literally makes me sick to my stomach. Worried it can happen to you, Tom “I will not eat the bugs” Pappert!
Be careful!
Ken
August 26, 2022 at 1:17 pm
EVERYDAY THEY BREAK OUR HEARTS A LITTLE MORE. BUT DO THEY EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS DONE IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE.
Mark
August 26, 2022 at 1:33 pm
This was a “bit.” Gavin’s Thursday co-host, Matty, let the cat out of the bag last week by saying that Gavin wouldn’t be in this week. Also, Gavin mentioned a few weeks ago that he was going on vacation soon with his family … AND, he’s been leaving all sort of “Easter eggs” around about police surveillance … FINALLY … why would they bother to upload the show to the subscriber “download” section with all of that “dead air.”
This whole thing is a troll by Gavin … he’s notorious and “good at it, if you will” for doing these kind of stunts. Great stuff by him!!!!
VotingDoesn'tMatterAnymore
August 26, 2022 at 2:50 pm
I have not heard of Gavin MacInnes nor a guy named Andrew Tate who, apparently, got the same jack-boot Stasi treatment recently. What have these two said that got the Stasi’s panties all in a bunch? Or is it that Gavin and Andrew refuse to go along with the mind-numbing status quo?
I wait with great anticipation and glee when the Stasi does this to someone that rightfully feels their life and family threatened and unloads a mag or five into the Stasi, live on air.
stpaulchuck
August 26, 2022 at 4:33 pm
the America Stasi lash out at an enemy of the State on orders from Joetato and his minions.
Bill
August 27, 2022 at 8:18 pm
Probably FBI, those people have been proven to be CHICKEN S–TS THROUGH AND THROUGH ! THEY DO THIS SORT OF THING ALL THE TIME THEN LET BLM AND ANTIFA LOW LIFE MARXISTS DO WHAT THEY WANT TO ANYONE THEN DO NOTHING TO STOP THEM ! hAVE HOPE GTRUMP WINS THEN CLEAN OUT FBI, CIA, JUSTICE, AND PUT HONEST PEOPLE BACK IN THERE ! ! !
White Eagle
August 30, 2022 at 11:37 pm
This sounds unfortunately VERY familiar to us older folks.
No longer FBI but America’s KGB. They ‘disappear’ you in the middle of the night.