Trump Fanatic In American Flag Jacket Will Take Plea Deal For Attacking Cops At Capitol (Felony)

[Nevilledog]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-scott-palmer-sedition-hunters-trump-capitol-attack_n_612d248ae4b06e5d80d06696

A Florida man who attacked police officers at the Capitol with a fire extinguisher on Jan. 6 while wearing an American flag jacket emblazoned with “TRUMP” on the front and back will plead guilty to a felony as part of a plea deal he’s reached with federal prosecutors, his lawyer told HuffPost.

Robert Scott Palmer, a Donald Trump supporter who wore a “Florida For Trump” hat as he attacked officers protecting the Capitol, was arrested five months ago, just 12 days after a March 5 HuffPost story revealed his identity. Members of the #SeditionHunters community who are working to identify the Jan. 6 rioters had labeled him #FloridaFlagJacket. After speaking to an online sleuth HuffPost called “Amy,” we reached out to Palmer, who admitted he was in D.C. on Jan. 6 and claimed that the Biden administration was trying to “vilify the patriots” who stormed the Capitol. He hung up when HuffPost asked about the fire extinguisher.

Palmer’s attorney, Bjorn Brunvand, confirmed to HuffPost that his client plans to accept a plea deal. Court records showed that Palmer will appear for a plea agreement hearing before Judge Tanya S. Chutkan on Oct. 4.

Much like Scott Fairlamb ― the Trump supporter who attacked cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 despite the fact that his father was a New Jersey trooper and his brother was on Michelle Obama’s Secret Service detail ― Palmer will plead guilty to a felony as part of his deal.

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[Goonch]

1. ;-{)🖖

[Comfortably_Numb]

2. Better be prison time and quite a bit of it. I won't pretend to know the sentencing guidelines

but I do know the more these fuckmooks get by with what they did, the more emboldened they will be for the next time.

[RFCalifornia]

3. Well that means no more voting or guns for him n/t

[Johnny2X2X]

4. These traitors just ignore flag code

For pretending to be patriotic, they know nothing of how to treat the flag. No part of the flag should be part of their costume.

4 U.S. Code § 8 - Respect for flag

(d)The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.

[NQAS]

5. Everyone sentenced for Jan 6 crimes

Should get the maximum sentence allowed.

And the laws should changed so that every crime now a misdemeanor in connection with the US Capitol should be a high penalty felony.

[Progressive Jones]

6. They aren't getting max sentences.

The prosecutors seem happy with guilty pleas,
and the sentences have been pathetically weak.
The Jan 6th scum are not being punished harshly enough.

[NQAS]

7. I know

That's what prompted my comment.

Everyone seems to be "cooperating" with prosecutors and are getting their wrists slapped - or less.

My guess is that the crimes associated with misconduct on Capitol grounds were probably expected to address rowdiness. Maybe some shouting from the galleries. Not a fucking coup attempt.

The "punishments" are not likely to serve as deterrents to future acts by those going to jail for a few months. And they'll be martyrs to the cause. Convictions will be badges of honor for those convicted. They'll be the leadership of the next coup attempt. And Bannon, et al are laughing all the way to the bank and most definitely in the coup plotting meetings that are almost certainly going on now.

[Champp]

8. Republicans use the flag as camouflage

To disguise their treason against the USA. It's just another one of their lies.