Via AP:

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An Earlham College student faces a possible trial next month on criminal charges for throwing a pie at conservative commentator William Kristol as he gave a campus speech.

A pretrial hearing was held Thursday for Josh Medlin, 21, who has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge.

Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard and former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, was splattered by the pie during a March 29 speech about U.S. foreign policy.

Members of the audience jeered, then applauded as Kristol wiped the pie from his face and continued his speech at the private Quaker college.

Medlin, a religion major from Lynn, has said he threw the pie as a protest of “superficial dialogue with no real chance for debate.” He was suspended from the school. A July 1 trial date was set for Medlin.

I hope they throw the book at the punk.

Video of the incident here (hit play after the Star Wars ad).

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