She's going to make him pay big time!
Posted on 01/29/2021 7:39:01 AM PST by lowbridge
"This was not a peaceful protest. Hundreds of people came to Washington, DC, to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power," Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the DC District Court said in the hourlong hearing for Capitol riot defendant Richard Barnett on Thursday.
Howell's remarks are some of the first from a federal district judge over the more than 150 criminal cases that resulted from the siege. Her decision on Barnett also marks the first ruling in an appeal from the Justice Department after a magistrate judge out of Washington denied its request to keep a Capitol riot suspect in jail. At least four others are awaiting rulings from district judges in Washington after appeals.
"We're still living here in Washington, DC, with the consequences of the violence that this defendant is alleged to have participated in," she said.
"Just outside this courthouse ... are visible reminders of the January 6 riot and assault on the Capitol," the judge said, noting that she can see National Guard troops from the window in her chambers in the courthouse.
Barnett is charged with entering the restricted grounds of the Capitol, violent entry and disorderly conduct, and for theft of public property, after he allegedly took a letter from Pelosi's office.
"The titles of those offenses don't even properly capture the scope of what Mr. Barnett is accused of doing here," Howell said at the hearing.
The judge noted that Barnett had bragged to a reporter that he had written "a nasty note, put my feet up on her desk and scratched my balls" in Pelosi's office. Barnett's lawyer says he hadn't seen the report of that quote from his client in The Washington Post.
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It’s the protestor’s fault that the Biden/Harris regime continues the military occupation of the capitol?
Baloney.
Hum, I thought that bail was to guarantee ones return and or to protect the public from a danger. Is there some indication this person is a continuing threat or was even one at all? NO. This is a punitive bail setting and violation of the rules of criminal procedure.
Shut your mouth, judge Beryl. So, you don’t like how I talk?
Where is Nancy’s laptop and would a list of her Meds be on it ?
Not one word from any of these jerks about half of our cities burning down over the summer.
We don’t have a government anymore, we just have a thousand kings.
She's going to make him pay big time!
Justice is not really the point of this exercise.
Wonder if this judge did anything to the BLM and Antifa criminals brought before her for destroying property and attempting to burn the church outside the WH while Trump was president. Judges, especially democrat judges are no longer judges but political operatives in black robes using their power to hurt those with different political positions and help those with similar political positions
There was no burning or pillaging or tearing the place up as was done in Oregon and Washington....No matter how hard the media tries to spin it and this judge tries to find evidence of a riot...it is not working. What is working is the two tiered justice system however....
Presumption of Innocence until proven guilty ?
No bias there... /s
Mr. "Bigo" Goes To Washington
These leftists have been emboldened by how quickly the masses caved in to economic shutdowns, mask mandates and the like and they will continue their scorched earth tactics until the people stand up.
The Constitution means nothing to these power-hungry jackals.
Perish the thought.
DC's Chief Judge Just Ordered an Accused Rioter Detained—And Ripped His Defense Lawyer
Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell said the charges for the man who sat in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office are, “in some ways, too benign sounding to fairly describe what happened.”
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the detention of an Arkansas man photographed with his feet on the desk of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the Jan. 6 rioting at the U.S. Capitol, describing his behavior as “brazen” and “entitled” after excoriating his defense lawyer over “frivolous” claims of prosecutorial misconduct.
WE are a nation divided. There are TWO kinds of Justice NOW. One for the rich and connected, and another for the pissant...
I saw films of Nazi judges in Germany.
They wore black robes.
They didn’t really care about the law or justice.
They were helping their Party.
I’d say he’s going to Federal PMITA Prison.
The consequences = Pelosi’s props of thousands of NG troops and miles of fencing and razor wire. The consequences are not from those who “disturbed the peace” on 1/6/2021, IMO.
It was a trap and it was entrapment. Laws were broken but the “bullhorn” people at the entrances need to be thoroughly investigated to figure out who they were ultimately trolling for or working for.
Her evidence is national guard troops used as props and the Washington Post. No bias there.
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