Gravette man charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot rejects plea bargain

[TexasTowelie]

A Gravette man charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot has rejected a plea bargain that would have required him to spend more than five years in prison.

Richard "Bigo" Barnett's attorney said the offer was "not reasonable."

"The offer is for 70 to 87 months," said Joseph D. McBride, referring to the sentencing guidelines. "We're talking about a 61-year-old man with no criminal history, who's never been charged with any violent act. He certainly wasn't violent that day by any stretch of the imagination."

So Barnett is rejecting the offer, said McBride.

The attorney made the comments during a teleconference status hearing on Tuesday with U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper in the District of Columbia.

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For those that don't recall, it's the man that sat in the chair in Nancy Pelosi's congressional office.

[secondwind]

1. Is that a flag there, on the left? Perhaps he wore it on his shoulders?

They don’t respect the American flag. I hope he rots in jail.

[BlueJac]

2. Lock him up!

[Botany]

3. Isn't he the one who smeared feces on the walls of Speaker Pelosi's office?

He rejected a deal to plead guilty to 1 charge and the other 5 were dropped. Charge w/all
6 and let him die in prison.

[The Magistrate]

4. Ah, Yes, Sir

The old 'no prior history' wheeze.

Kind of breaks off when the fella's on film in the act of insurrection, something that in the greatest portion of the world would get him stood to a wall and shot out of hand.


"Mad or sane, rebels must hang. Your Excellency knows this."

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Non-violent? Isn't that a weapon he has with him?

Some kind of prepared stick, taped up, at his lap in the red rectangle in the picture. It's not a flag pole because he is seen holding the flag pole in other pictures.

This picture shows it more clearly

[gab13by13]

6. He wants the Trump appointed judge, they all do.

[bottomofthehill]

7. Actually that human piece of shit was carrying a stun gun

Fuck him, off to trial you piece of garbage. I hope you get a lot more than the 61 months in the plea. About 10 years should get the job done.
Try him, convict him, sentence him, jail him, throw away the key. Fuck him. He is a domestic terrorist who came to the Capitol armed with a stun gun, he fought his way into the Capitol, threatened the Speaker and he wants mercy because he is an old fuck. Nope, I say old enough to know better. If you don’t want the plea deal, when they find you guilty, I hope they double what was on the table. 122 months. Ten years 2 months.

You did the crime, people died, you tried to over throw American Democracy, go fuck yourself.