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"Bigo"Barnett Literally Used The "I'm a F*****g Idiot, So I Am NOT A Criminal!" Defense On The Stand [1]

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Date: 2023-01-22

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A MAN WHO "WENT THROUGH HELL" ON JAN 6TH?

I knew there had to be more to Jan 6th insurrectionist Richard “Bigo” Barnett’s inanity while on the witness stand during his trial for the crimes he is charged with. Initial news reports were too tame. Barnett used what I call “The Enron Defense”: I am too stupid to be a criminal. And Barnett literally said those very words on the witness stand:

A Jan. 6 defendant who famously propped his feet on a desk in then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Capitol suite urged jurors Friday to consider his behavior the actions of a “fucking idiot” — not a criminal.

Politico of all news outlets had that gem.

For those not familir with what I call “The Enron Defense,” Enron was an energy trading company that used fraudulent accouting techniques to pump up the company’s value and stock. When everything was about to be exposed, the CEO of the company, Ken Lay, and other higher management sold their shares just before the news become public. Thousands were thrown out of work, and investors got screwed. Lay used to be a Wall Street darling, but once the fraud come out, Lay and others claimed that they were too stupid to be criminals. They were in over their heads, and they did not form the criminal intent to defraud.

It didn’t work in Lay’s trial.

Seems Richard “Bigo” Barnett decided to throw the I’m a “fucking idiot” at the wall to convince the jury that he is just some moron, and morons can’t be criminals! This is also along with his other lies that insult the intelligence of the average human. And the prosecution was having none of that.

Richard “Bigo” Barnett, who took the stand in his own defense, grew heated with prosecutor Michael Gordon after Gordon spent hours picking apart Barnett’s story. Gordon pressed Barnett whether he believed he would get away with his actions because of his hubris. A frustrated Barnett shot back: “I think the jury’s going to do what they want to do.” “I’m going to suffer the consequences,” Barnett added, “but I hope they see I didn’t break the law and acted like a fucking idiot.”

He admits to being a stupid VICTIM! Poor, poor, pitiful me! I didn’t do anything wrong! I was “pushed into” the Capitol Building! I was looking for the bathroom! Photographers tricked me into placing my feet up on the desk in Speaker Pelosi’s office! I didn’t steal that envelope! I bought it because it was covered in my blood!

Meanwhile, in the real world:

Gordon suggested in questioning that Barnett had ample opportunities to turn around and leave the Capitol before he entered the building and that he never once asked an officer for help finding a bathroom. And despite his purported concerns about the tainted envelope, he held onto it for days before throwing it, unsealed, onto the table in his interview with the FBI. The truth is, Gordon said, Barnett took the envelope as a “trophy.” “You don’t know the truth, sir,” Barnett shot back.

YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

And this is how Barnett sees himself.

Throughout his cross-examination, Barnett repeatedly spoke over Gordon’s questioning, often going on tangents or digressions that prompted admonishments from the judge and from Gordon. As Gordon’s questioning drew to a close, Barnett at times grew agitated with the pointed inquiries, saying he was “getting quite tired of it.” “I ain’t breaking down,” Barnett said after a particularly tense exchange. “I’ve made mistakes. I went through hell up there. The officers went through hell up there. … I’m struggling with this.” Gordon homed in on Barnett’s interaction with two police officers who sought to usher him from Pelosi’s suite. He yelled about “communism” during the first interaction, and during the second, he told the officer “We’re in a war. Pick a side. Don’t be on the wrong side or you’re going to get hurt.” Barnett said he was just “blustering” and that he never meant he would be the one to hurt the officer.

Uh huh. Even though there were officers all around him that were hurt. If you didn’t want that you fucking idiot, you should have NEVER have rioted with the others that day.

The jury is expected to go into deliberations this week.

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