Jonathan Owen Shroyer (born June 28, 1989) is an American conservative media presenter who hosts the ''War Room'' show on the website '' InfoWars''. Prior to working for ''InfoWars'', Shroyer hosted shows for KXFN and KFNS radio stations.

Early life

Owen Shroyer was born in St. Louis in to mother Annette Shroyer.

Adult life

Shroyer worked as radio host for KXFN and KFNS. Since 2016, he has worked for ''InfoWars'' as both a host and a video editor. He presented the platform's ''War Room'' show. In 2018, Shroyer was named in a lawsuit filed in Texas against ''InfoWars'' and its owner, Alex Jones, by the parents of children who were killed in the

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, including Neil Heslin. Shroyer personally claimed on air in June 2017 that it was impossible that Neil Heslin, father of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis, could have held his son's body after the tragedy and suggested in further comments that Heslin was lying about his son's death. These defamatory claims, combined with others made by Alex Jones, resulted in ''InfoWars'' being found

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for damages. On August 4, 2022, a Texas jury awarded the Sandy Hook plaintiffs $4.1 million in compensatory damages and an additional $45.2 million in punitive damages. In January 2022, Shroyer falsely claimed that Canadian prime minister

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signed a $1 million non-disclosure agreement with a minor who had allegedly accused him of sexual misconduct, citing articles from the '' Buffalo Chronicle'', a fake news website. In June 2023, Shroyer pleaded guilty to illegally entering a restricted area near the United States Capitol building during the

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. He was arrested and charged in August 2021. On September 12, 2023, he was sentenced to 60 days in jail. Prior to his guilty plea, Shroyer agreed to defer his prosecution for interrupting a

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hearing. In 2019, he interrupted a Congress impeachment hearing to share his views that

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was innocent and that “ Jerry Nadler and the Democrat Party are committing treason in this country!” Shroyer lives in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shroyer, Owen 1980s births Living people American conspiracy theorists American television talk show hosts Convicted participants in the January 6 United States Capitol attack InfoWars people People from Austin, Texas