Jan. 6 offender speaking at Lake Station church

The Lake Station Republican Party is hosting a now-pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionist at a Saturday speaking engagement at a local church.

The cost to hear Kash Kelly is $40 at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2945 New Jersey St.

Lake Station GOP chairman Garry Trawick declined comment on the event, which coincides with Northwest Indiana Pride’s celebration of Pride Month at Riverview Park, a few miles eastward.

Kelly, 36, of Hammond, was initially charged in 2021 with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds.

Kelly had posted several photos on social media while inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as insurrectionists injured police officers and destroyed Capitol property with prior e