Saw that Richard Barnett, who sat in Pelosi's chair, could face up to ONE YEAR IN PRISON ...

[Auggie]

"if" found guilty of all charges.

From AP:
Ken Kohl, the top deputy federal prosecutor in Washington, said Barnett was charged for entering Pelosi’s office, where he “left a note and removed some of the speaker’s mail.” Barnett, 60, faces three federal charges: knowingly entering or remaining in restricted grounds without authority; violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds; and theft of public property or records. If convicted, he faces up to a year in federal prison. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-arkansas-arrests-little-rock-theft-4837d9bae7988943f126f7a0f3782619

One year? That's all?

[live love laugh]

1. A year. That doesn't sound right.

Theft of mail, trespassing on federal property...should carry more weight.

[soothsayer]

4. Probably doesn't count as mail if it's not in the mail stream

Isn’t he part of the felony murder for the USPC guy?

[BleedsBlue]

10. Found this. Read the last paragraph..

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1708

[soothsayer]

12. Excellent! Charge him

[Auggie]

13. Let's hope

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. Can a new AG reassess the charges? n/t

[GoCubsGo]

23. Not sure, but he can certainly add more charges.

If the evidence proves he's guilty of other crimes, there is nothing to prevent AG Garland from charging him further.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

31. Thanks

[The Roux Comes First]

3. That's Pretty Damn Outrageous

Please tell me that is just the tip of the iceberg. No collusion or conspiracy? No blowback from violent collective actions.

There are probably many, many folks incarcerated more than this for petty drug crimes or resisting erroneous traffic stops.

[Johnny2X2X]

5. This is the start

They had enough to charge him with those crimes. The investigation is ongoing. The charges could be amended.

[BlueIdaho]

6. Is that all?

I’m rooting for 5 years minimum.

[Auggie]

15. Same here

[MagickMuffin]

7. What happened to the 10n years for destroying government property

that trump signed last year???

[Hav]

8. That's pretty much what I found as well

when I looked up the initial charges. Surely his case has to be more severe? There is also the possibility of more charges.

[StarfishSaver]

9. These are just initial charges. More are probably forthcoming

Those charges are the easiest to bring quickly so they could get him arrested, charged and into custody.

It's not uncommon for prosecutors to bring fairly minor charges in order to start the process and get the person in. There's no question that he illegally entered and remained on the property and engaged in disorderly conduct - the photos speak for themselves - so they could get him right away on those charges. But it's going to take more time and effort - questioning witnesses, reviewing videos, delving into social media, combing through forensic evidence, etc. - to pin down additional, more serious charges. But for the time being, they've got in him the system and they got him in fast.

They're doing this right.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

14. Thanks

I feel better now

[Auggie]

16. +1

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Beat Me To It!

These are charges that:
1. Could be immediately take him into custody.
2. Be efficiently prosecuted.
There could be another list of charges that could be prosecuted, but wouldn't have resulted in an instantaneous arrest warrant.
This way, they've already got him.

[StarfishSaver]

21. Yes!

[DeminPennswoods]

26. Yes and tbh, incoming AG Garland

and FBI director Wray are going to have set up a special task force. This is a huge job to unspool all the threads, identify and catch all the co-conspirators.

I guess it's coming full circle in that DoJ was established to fight the KKK and other terrorists after Reconstruction.

[StarfishSaver]

28. Yes.

And, while a few days ago I feared he might try it, now I don't think Trump will attempt to pardon any of these people. They've become toxic for him, so he'll leave them hanging, as he always does when people are no longer any use to him.

[DeminPennswoods]

29. Trump could give two hoots less about these fools

He only cares about himself. They were just useful, and disposable, idiots to him and not of his social class either.

[StarfishSaver]

32. Exactly

But they'd still kiss his dirty, nasty drawers if he put them in his face.

[DeminPennswoods]

33. That's what cultists do

isn't it?

[RockRaven]

11. It is possible that the charges will be changed/increased later. It seems like it is fairly common

to initially arrest them on the simplest/most obvious charge, get them in custody and in the system, and later bring a superseding indictment once ALL of the evidence has been pored over. And that takes time.

For instance, they will want to go through his digital devices/communications. Who knows what they will uncover there?

[Stuart G]

17. The idiot doesn't have a clue, says Stu...waving at the photographer...So sure, "no consequences"

So sure...He came all the way from Florida to do this...Ain't the brightest bulb...like a 2 watt bulb..
....and waves at the photographer....

[Cognitive_Resonance]

18. Probably more charges coming for goodies found at his residence. n/t

[edhopper]

19. He stole Pelosi's mail

that is 5 years.

[BlueStater]

22. He's an unhinged, dangerous piece of shit.

He deserves to go away for a hell of a lot longer than a year.

[Thekaspervote]

24. As a federally charged felon he will also lose the right to own a gun and the right to vote

[jcgoldie]

25. But but but...

"That aiynt hur desk thats mah desk... Ahhma tax payurrr! Ya caint break inta yer own howwwwsse!"

[greenjar_01]

27. Seems reasonable to me, actually

The ten year prison nonsense was objectionable from go. Why support it now?

[jmbar2]

30. With a side of prison Covid