r/CapitolConsequences • u/CCMcC • Jan 23 '23

Jury finds Barnett guilty of eight insurrection charges CONVICTION

https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/jury-finds-barnett-guilty-of-eight-insurrection-charges/

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u/zeidoktor Jan 23 '23

Part of me wonders how surprised he was at the verdict.

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u/GeneralTapioca Jan 23 '23

He’s so deluded, I bet he thought he’d walk. These fuckers think everyone thinks just like they do.

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u/zeidoktor Jan 23 '23

Yeah. A common trend is that these folks don't understand that actions have consequences. I remember when the Great Temper Tantrum of January 6th happened I heard stories of people genuinely surprised the police weren't on their side.

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u/pantie_fa Jan 23 '23

people genuinely surprised the police weren't on their side.

I tell you what; if I get paid by the government, I'm absolutely NOT on the side of tax dodgers.

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u/ImInOverMyHead95 Jan 24 '23

I was genuinely surprised that the DOJ came after these assholes. They did nothing about the explosion of hate groups and militias when Obama was president and it seemed the government was genuinely afraid to hold them accountable because they were armed and deranged.

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u/Carlyz37 Too old for this shit Jan 25 '23

Interesting point. Early intervention may have prevented what we have been dealing with and throttled the growth of these scum bag groups

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u/politicalthrow99 Jan 23 '23

the police weren't on their side

Wait, they weren't?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

not entirely

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u/funktopus Jan 23 '23

Well he is free until sentancing. So he is walking away.

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u/Arkie_MTB Jan 23 '23

He’s a local to me and somewhat active on social media. Based on what I’ve seen, he’s completely unrepentant and his “I’m just an idiot” act is just that, an act.

I can’t wait until this thug is out of Benton County.

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u/aShittierShitTier4u Jan 23 '23

Could you imagine riding on the great trails there, encountering Barnett playing Eric Rudolph gone wild in the woods? Like if he's a fronter, maybe that's because he's a runner?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

Yeah, I can, kind of.

Yesterday I was riding a trail in Grapevine, TX, and one section came up by the street - a residential street full of mini-McMansions. The one directly across the street from this trail section has a giant Go Brandon banner, a trump 2024 banner, and other assorted hanging garbage. Still. This year. These people are blithering idiots.

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u/aShittierShitTier4u Jan 23 '23

You ever go to Earle's trails in Hadley, MA, there's an outsider folk art painting on a garage on chmura road, Trump and a Confederate flag, not sure what all it says.

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u/ghostalker4742 Jan 23 '23

This was a believer. He genuinely thought that if he made his case to a jury that they'd understand, they'd sympathize, and he'd walk out of court a free man.

And everyone telling him the feds have a +96% conviction rate at trial, and that the vast majority of defendant take a plea deal rather than go to trial.... they were just spouting fake news, right?

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '23

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u/funkyloki Jan 24 '23

The judge should be censuring that asshole. The bar doesn't allow lawyers to spread bullshit like that, right?

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u/NeoMegaRyuMKII Jan 24 '23

This was a believer. He genuinely thought that if he made his case to a jury that they'd understand, they'd sympathize, and he'd walk out of court a free man.

I have to imagine that he saw various movies that involved that sort of thing - the underdog giving some passionate heartfelt speech about how they won't back down and how they really are in the right and the system is just trying to punish them for it, and then suddenly everything goes in their favor - and thought "yeah, that's how real life is." And then reality hit him in a sort of real-life version of that "life is not like a game where you can load your last save" scene from DDLC.

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u/NevenderThready Jan 23 '23

He's always looked a bit wild-eyed, but today I think he looked panicked--or at least stunned.

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u/Vassarbashing Jan 23 '23

He looks shell shocked coming out of that courtroom! I can’t believe they let him out until sentencing. I foresee another case like that one in Ohio (?) where the woman killed someone drunk driving after her January 6 conviction.

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u/GrooveBat Jan 23 '23

I hope he’s terrified.

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u/buffyfan12 Light Bringer Jan 23 '23

He has been sliding through life as a veteran and firefighter and then grifting off his conduct on Jan 6Th…I think he honestly thought he would get off.

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u/NeoMegaRyuMKII Jan 23 '23

I said in another sub covering this that the insurrectionists probably thought they would be successful (or at the absolute very least pardoned if they failed). So they didn't really care about documenting everything they did (and likely wanted records for the new history books that would be forcibly taught under the regime they thought they'd create).

So as others said, he likely has this feeling that he would be immune from consequences and now sees the presence of consequences as injustice of their own right.

We have seen a bunch of stories about how so many people caught said how they are sorry and didn't think and regret what they did and blah blah blah. I don't believe them for a second. Reality is hitting them like an avalanche of bricks, but that reality is "waaah I don't wanna go to prison waaah!"

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u/ButterPotatoHead Jan 23 '23

He certainly had the walk and talk of someone that thought he was right.

Now he says the jury was not of "his peers" and he'll appeal. So he's basically still in denial.

I think he is too caught up on the "why" of what he did rather than the "what". There is no doubt in anyone's mind that he did what he was accused of, which is really all that matters in a trial. He thought he could convince people with the "why".

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Considering he stated "This is not a jury of my peers", he was possibly surprised. Maybe they thought they would go gather some of his friends?

When they say 'jury of your peers', they don't mean going to PigFuck, Kentucky and ask Trump supporters to be your jury.