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/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!"