r/CapitolConsequences • u/DoremusJessup • Apr 08 '23
Chicago man who stormed Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6 found guilty as new details emerge CONVICTION
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-jan-6-pelosi-office-chicago-man-20230408-7haeirdg6feahmdlsjkpiavlne-story.html46
u/DoremusJessup Apr 08 '23
One of the first Chicagoans charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was found guilty Friday on all six counts he faced related to the mob breach.
Kevin Lyons, 40, of the Gladstone Park neighborhood, had allegedly posted a photo of the plaque outside then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ransacked office. The statement of facts Lyons agreed to with federal prosecutors offers new details describing what happened as he roamed Pelosi’s room and removed items
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u/rengam Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 09 '23
Just how many rioters went into Pelosi's office? There's him, Bilbo or whatever that dude's name was, and the woman who stole Pelosi's laptop.
Edit: This one's not too bright. Here's an article excerpt about his FBI interview (that I now vaguely remember reading about awhile ago):
He also claimed he had a dream that he saw a lot of banging on doors, paper being thrown around, and a mob of people, and he said in his dream, "people really didn't have much choice of where they were going because of the mob," the complaint said. Lyons advised that if he were inside, he was inside for approximately 45 minutes, the complaint said.
Then, Lyons was shown the photo reading, "Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and he said, "Wow, you are pretty good. That was only up for only an hour." He also said he could not guarantee he was the one who posted it to Instagram, but when agent asked him to show them his camera roll on his phone, the photo was there, the complaint said.
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u/djpurity666 Apr 08 '23
What, they couldn't find the bathrooms/restrooms while there? I read they smeared their fecal matter all over Pelosi's office walls, etc, not to mention the halls of the Capitol.
I mean, the mob has no time to stop and poop at any real rest stop apparently. Or ... Is Pelosi's office their official restroom in the dreams?
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u/lclassyfun Apr 08 '23
Disappointed in this sentence too. But, I’d imagine this moron hasn’t learned a damn thing and he’ll end up going to jail longer the next time. Just hope he doesn’t kill somebody.
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u/LivingIndependence Apr 08 '23
Dude looks rough. It's almost like he probably isn't new to the correctional system. Only the best!
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u/terraresident Apr 09 '23
I have a suspicion that many got lighter sentences than they should because they will errand boys for the FBI for the rest of their lives. Just speculation on my part.
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Apr 08 '23
Good. Another domestic terrorist dealt with. Now for a long prison sentence. And for those who directed and organised the insurrection to be arrested, tried and jailed.
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u/Draano Apr 08 '23
I know everyone is looking for longer sentences, and if any single person did what these hundreds of people did as a mob, they'd be going to the slam for a lot longer.
I look at it more like this: every person who did this considers themselves a patriot. Now they're criminals. Felons. They get to learn how society handles criminals. Everyone in their orbit sees Uncle John going away for a while. Losing his job. Maybe losing his home if Aunt Ethel can't pay the bills on her own, seeing as how most of these folks are living paycheck-to-paycheck, like most Americans. So Bill, watching Fox two towns over who occasionally grabs a beer with John at the VFW, might say to himself, "yeah I'm not going to do that. I like my house and job."
So it may be a slap on the wrist relative to the crime against our nation. But it will eff up their lives, and I believe it will educate those who know them up to two or three degrees away.
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u/djpurity666 Apr 08 '23
I'm sure hearing/reading all the alt-right calling them Heroes and Teue Patriots (esp their hero Donald Dump).... It makes them feel like they reveled with a food cause. They feel like heroes. And their cult leader Dumpy has revealed he is ready to parson them if he takes office 2024....
So I'm sure they're not feeling too bad about what they did.
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u/Draano Apr 08 '23
So I'm sure they're not feeling too bad about what they did
I don't think they feel bad about it. I think they'll come to feel regretful for how it upended their lives and the lives of those who count on them. Prison is no picnic - shit food, zero privacy, lots of time inside your own head, no ability to come and go as you please, possible loss of job/home/car, fucked up credit as a result, loss of access to some jobs and some housing. The crowd saying "yeah, buddy, we're behind you 100%!" isn't going to fix all that, and only so many of them can turn the notoriety into a gig at Fox. Granted, there are some in the trades who may come out ok - a welder may get more job offers as a result, but the bank who you go to for a mortgage won't be as celebratory, nor would the large corporate or governmental employers.
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Apr 08 '23
From what I can tell by observing my MAGA family members, hate is the only emotion that they can feel and they are trying to establish a government that feeds them a steady diet of it.
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Apr 08 '23
He can always move to Idaho and be welcomed as a hero. 10-16 months is complete bullshit. The felony count he is guilty of has up to 5 years. He should get 48 months.
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u/BabyJesusBukkake Apr 09 '23
PROTIP: Make sure he moves to NORTHERN Idaho, Boise & Co went 48% for Biden in 2020 and we don't want their Nazi asses.
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u/aeschenkarnos Apr 09 '23
I wonder how they’re actually doing out of GoFundMe and things like that? If they’re not banned outright.
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u/SuperDoofusParade Apr 08 '23
Felons. They get to learn how society handles criminals.
So it may be a slap on the wrist relative to the crime against our nation. But it will eff up their lives, and I believe it will educate those who know them up to two or three degrees away.
I agree with all of this. We (in this subreddit) are collectively disappointed that the sentences aren’t longer but these people just lit their lives on fire. I also think a fair number of them are going to get out, immediately get firearms, and end up back in.
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u/LivingIndependence Apr 08 '23
Very true. I was watching a TV show this morning about formerly incarcerated people who try to start up their own businesses, because finding a job as a felon can be next to impossible. The woman who they featured this morning was saying, that sitting in jail was the easy part. It was life after release and trying to navigate the world that has been the toughest part.
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u/Cyke101 Apr 08 '23
I know of at least one pillow corporation that would love to grow this guy, though.
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u/sixtyandaquarter Apr 08 '23
Yes some are going to get screwed over later in life, but that's not because they were found guilty but because of what they were guilty of. But that shouldn't negate punishment. I couldn't as a child look at my mother and go yeah but I'll feel really really bad about this in the future and not get my punishment, nor as an adult get to have an entire political party basically martyrize me as they stand in line to call me both the real victim and also a heroic American. That is really close to boys will be boys slap on the wrist thinking.
We were soft on traitors once before. We didn't learn our lesson from the Confederacy. Hell the flag was being waived on January 6th even. Give it time someone's going to name a fucking library the Babbitt memorial library. Okay maybe not but you get my point.
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u/terraresident Apr 09 '23
I occasionally wonder if any of these morons are placed on the no-fly list. They certainly should be.
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u/UPdrafter906 Apr 08 '23
I love seeing these chuds repeatedly illustrate that they have zero idea how the modern world actually works. “How did you find something on a website I after I deleted it?”
“Then, Lyons was shown the photo reading, "Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and he said, "Wow, you are pretty good. That was only up for only an hour." He also said he could not guarantee he was the one who posted it to Instagram, but when agent asked him to show them his camera roll on his phone, the photo was there, the complaint said.”
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u/thebillshaveayes Apr 08 '23
and stay out of the Chicago area, you fuck. You want to bitch about democrats taking over gov, and you remain in IL? Go to FL with that shit.
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u/LivingIndependence Apr 09 '23
They do that here in California as well. They bitch and moan constantly about democrats, "liberal Commiefornia", etc....
Well, fucking move then!!!
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u/Ok-Confection4410 Apr 09 '23
I love the fact they're still finding these guys 3 years later, it's iconic
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u/Wrothrok Apr 08 '23
He's only looking at 10 to 16 months for breaking into the Speaker's office and stealing shit he hasn't returned while announcing that this is a "fucking revolution" and repeatedly calling for Nancy Pelosi to show herself. I'm sure he just wanted to chat. This shitstain should be facing years, not months.