He is due in court on 15 February.
“I was arrested today for exercising my First Amendment rights to freedom of the press on Capitol Hill,” Fox said in a statement. “I was not expecting to be arrested for practicing journalism.”
GasLand director Josh Fox was arrested and charged with unlawful entry for trying to film a House Committee meeting on hydraulic fracturing in the US Capitol.
He is due in court on 15 February.
“I was arrested today for exercising my First Amendment rights to freedom of the press on Capitol Hill,” Fox said in a statement. “I was not expecting to be arrested for practicing journalism.”