Lawyers for the Lectern guy (on CNN): "He was just there to witness history..."

[brooklynite]

"there was no security prohibiting entry".

[elleng]

1. So no 'breaking and entering?' burglary?

[TheBlackAdder]

23. I think in DC, anything over $1,000 is First Degree theft--fines and upwards of 10 years in prison.

[tinrobot]

2. Witness a piece of history being stolen?

Such as a... speaker's lectern?

[Bev54]

3. And he took some of that history home with him?

Tried to sell that history on ebay?

[bdamomma]

4. so who are these lawyers

aiding and abetting these thugs.

[brooklynite]

14. According to Chris Cuomo, they appear to be top dollar guys.

[Wednesdays]

15. Which likely means

they're being bankrolled by some heavy hitters!

[brooklynite]

16. Could be wealthy parents...

It's always nice for your kid to have a hobby.

[Mariana]

19. This guy's wife is a doctor, I believe.

She probably has a pretty healthy salary. Child care for five kids is pretty steep, it's probably cheaper to pay the lawyers, if they can keep him out of prison.

[bdamomma]

22. they

are trying to say what they did was "petty". Eff that.

[Roland99]

5. Even Jimmy McGill wouldn't have stooped to that low of a defense

[blm]

6. And there was a sign on the furniture that said FREE SAMPLES

Yeah.....that’s the ticket.

[dem4decades]

7. Didn't Lee Harvey Oswald's attorney say the same thing?

[sop]

8. "Witnessing history" will be the new "I was just following orders" defense for MAGATs.

[torius]

9. He was just preparing for his Toastmasters meeting? Nt

[Blue Owl]

10. Oh FFS

This grinning idiot thinks he's a fucking hero...

[AnyFunctioningAdult]

11. Well

He is about to witness a lot more.

[Irish_Dem]

12. "The lectern was a souvenir he bought from the gift shop." nt

[gratuitous]

13. The talking points seem to have been circulated

To hear the rioters tell it, they were all just a bunch of tourists and sight-seers who happened by the Capitol Building at about the same time Wednesday afternoon. Nobody was there to prohibit entry, security was otherwise occupied, and gee whiz! but that lectern didn't seem to belong to anyone, so why shouldn't Adam just help himself to it?

[ChoppinBroccoli]

17. But At His Trial, Will His Lawyer Allow Him To Take The Stand?

[jcgoldie]

20. Ba-Dum CHhhhh!

[turtleblossom]

18. And take home a souvenir?

Someone needs to walk in house and start taking stuff.

[Vivienne235729]

21. Where do these lawyers come from? Trump University?

They sound utterly ridiculous.

[DeminPennswoods]

24. They don't have much of a defense

As they say in football "the tape don't lie".

[DFW]

25. He's quoting the evil archaeologist from Indiana Jones

Indiana, you and I are merely passing through history. This IS history. Do as you will.

Correct response: this is not history, but stolen property. You are under arrest, and you call me « officer, » and not « Indiana. »

[Captain Zero]

26. Judge: "10 Years. Next."

nt