Insurrectionist Photographed In Nancy Pelosi's Office Says It's Unfair He Remains Jailed

[riversedge]

Source: yahoo.com


Thu, March 4, 2021, 12:49 PM CST

The U.S. Capitol insurrectionist photographed sitting in a chair in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office with his foot on a desk told a federal judge “it’s not fair” that he remains behind bars.

Richard Barnett, 60, pleaded with a judge during a Thursday court hearing in Washington to let him out of jail, where he has been held since he was arrested shortly after he was among the supporters of then-President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Pictures of the Arkansas man mugging for the camera as he sat in Pelosi’s office quickly surfaced and have become iconic images of the insurrection.

“They’re dragging this out. They’re letting everyone else out,” Barnett yelled during his hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper, the Daily Beast reported. “I’ve been here a long time. It’s not fair.”............................


................Barnett was indicted on seven counts, including the felony obstruction of an official proceeding charge. The day of the insurrection, Barnett identified himself and bragged to a New York Times reporter about an envelope he had taken from Pelosi’s desk, adding that he left a quarter to pay for it. He was arrested days later..................

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/its-not-fair-says-jailed-insurrectionist-photographed-in-nancy-pelosis-office-184910910.html

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too bad.

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[getagrip_already]

1. it must have been a sunny day, or they wouldn't let him outside....

He clearly had no clouds to yell at.

[dutch777]

2. Maybe Nancy hid the keys....Justice is blind and can't find them

I feel terrible for this poor schlob...no, that's a lie...I feel wonderful and the longer it goes on the better!

[forgotmylogin]

26. Maybe don't trespass in a federal government office...

...and pose for pictures of you committing a felony by helping yourself to someone's personal mail as a souvenir next time, nitwit.

I join in the schadenfreude!

[WA-03 Democrat]

3. Just piss off the judge some more!

You're doing a great job and keep up the stellar work. The legal "system" was designed to be dragged out. I have heard one full year of law school is full of nothing but how to drag out a case.

If you are cool enough to do the crime then you are going to do the time.

Law and Order Mother Fucker.

[Ponietz]

4. Unfair only insofar as Dump, Miller, Flynn et al. continue to walk free

FBI seems capable of catching only little fish.

[Leghorn21]

5. Relax, boy, you got lots of company

[Paladin]

6. Cry me a river, shithead.

Do the crimes, pay the price.

[calimary]

16. THIS

Do the crime? Then do the TIME!

[Stuart G]

7. Unfair???? Well ....He is a square trying to fit in a round whole..Doesn't have a clue..

Stupid, is stupid..............IS VERY STUPID...........!!!

[Cha]

8. Hey your fucking Crime was UNFAIR,

Asshole.. Quitcher Whining

[orangecrush]

9. Snowflake

[turbinetree]

10. Well three emoji's came to mind about his predicament"

[niyad]

27. Is there a drinks one?

[smb]

30. Ant Man Could Take A Violin To The Quantum Realm And It Would Still Be Too Big nt

[PSPS]

11. More from the hearing

“They can’t keep pushing me out month by month!” he yelled, pleading that he does not want to remain in a D.C. prison for “another month” while others are “already home.”

Barnett’s outburst was futile. After a five-minute recess, his lawyers told the judge they intended to file a new bail motion. The judge said he would rule on whether to release Barnett after that is filed, then abruptly ending the hearing.

[niyad]

28. Month by month? He has not been in even two months yet. Tempus fugit . .

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

12. He's got guaranteed housing and food.

There are a lot of people who would be grateful for those basic necessities of life. If he didn't want to be held responsible for attacking the capitol, he shouldn't have attacked it. This is how the rule of law is different than rule by the mob, asshole.

BTW, yelling at the judge is not going to benefit you. Perhaps if you acted a little concilitary and humble you might not be in custody. One of the issues considered when letting a prisoner out is whether he's a threat to others. It doesn't sound like Barnett has learned that lesson.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. There were other pics out there of him and that letter... he was so proud of himself

This is the one I saw circulated the most -



And he apparently had other stuff too -

[tavernier]

15. Come on Judge, he didn't kill anybody!

I wouldn’t give him any more than 30 years.

[calimary]

17. I would.

He deserved LOTS of time in the cooler, but that just means he has lots of time to go fuck himself.

[tavernier]

18. I figure 30 is about all he has left at max.

Let him out at age 100 and see how gung ho he is about trashing the Capitol and Nancy’s office one more time.

[33taw]

19. Didn't Trump pardon all these fine folks?

[LogicFirst]

20. It's unfair that he invaded the Capitol. Tit for tat.

[Aussie105]

21. The snowflake legal argument: It's not fair!

is a really good way to appeal for leniency!

Works just as well as 'Trump made me do it!'

He looks unhinged in those photographs. A mental health examination and permanent detention in a mental institution to protect the rest of society?

Maybe he needs a T shirt? 'I was invited to a Revolution and all I got was jail time.'

[Rebl2]

37. Yes

The Trump made me do it argument is laughable. It sounds like something a 5 year old would say🙄🙄🙄.

[Rebl2]

22. Nah

It’s not unfair little Richard B. Don’t do the crime if you can’t (or don’t want to) do the time!

[keithbvadu2]

23. Need a good lawyer? Rudy is probably available.

Need a good lawyer? Rudy is probably available.

Only $20,000 per day.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. Boo Fucking Hoo MAGA traitor. Keep him Locked Up.

[Botany]

25. Not the same as sitting in your garage in Bug's Ass Arkansas drinking bud and listening to hate ...

... talk radio then being in a real judges court room. In Ohio felony breaking and entering is 6 to 12 months. Hope he
enjoyed himself.




Edit: He could be looking @ 11 years.

https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/richard-barnett-arkansas-man-pictured-in-pelosis-chair-amid-capitol-riot-faces-11-years-in-prison

[PatrickforB]

29. Unfair, is it? Really? Tell that to the families of the cops that died.

Maybe you should also talk to the cop who lost three fingers that day, or the one whose eye your friends poked out.

F--- --u, TRAITOR.

I hope you rot in there. Didn't you brag about peeing in there, too?

F-ing animal.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

31. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time

[Yeehah]

32. Waaaaaahhhh!!! Boohoohoohoohoo!!!

POOR WITTLE BABY!!!

[calimary]

33. Somebody call the WAAAAAAAAAHmbulance!

[AntiFascist]

34. Lock him up for the rest of his life...set him as an example. n/t

[jorgevlorgan]

35. Totally unfair

All he did was violently break into the country's most sacred federal government building, access classified and sensitive information, defecate in her office, likely help injure dozens of police officers and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember. But yeah, besides that and the felonies associated with it: Totally unfair.

[jmowreader]

36. He's right. It's not fair.

We could make it fair by putting all the insurrectionists back in jail, along with all the people that put them up to it.

Mike Lindell would have a sad because they don’t let people bring in their own pillows, and Trump would be very disappointed they don’t serve hamberders but once a week in the Big House...but until Brian Sicknick comes back to life, jail is where they need to stay.

[malthaussen]

38. Didn't Donald Trump reauthorize the death penalty for Federal crimes?

Just sayin'...

-- Mal