Capitol Rioter's Attorney Calls Him 'Dumb***' Who Believed 'What He Heard on Fox News'

[Judi Lynn]

Jenni Fink 16 hrs ago

Anthony Antonio, who is accused of entering the Capitol during the riot, wasn't interested in politics before the 2020 election and as an impressionable young man, his attorney plans to argue in court that he was unduly influenced by Fox News.

More than 400 people have been charged in connection with the January 6 Capitol riot and patterns are starting to emerge in their defenses. Several have argued in court documents that they felt they were following former President Donald Trump's orders when they stormed the Capitol or that they were acting on the belief pushed by Trump that the election was stolen.

Attorneys have told Newsweek that the "blame Trump" defense isn't a strong one because in a trial, defendants will be held accountable for their own actions. Joseph Hurley, Antonio's lawyer, acknowledged to the Associated Press that misinformation is also "not a defense."

"But it will be brought up to say: This is why he was here. The reason he was there is because he was a dumb*** and believed what he heard on Fox News," Hurley said.

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[catbyte]

1. Yeeeaaaah, good luck with that one.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. "I kind of sound like an idiot now saying it, but my faith was in [Trump]," Antonio told the Associa

"I kind of sound like an idiot now saying it, but my faith was in [Trump]," Antonio told the Associated Press.

Throw him in prison before so.eone else talks him in to doing something worse

[Rorey]

3. "News"

The defendants who want to use the "I'm a dumbass" excuse should have already filed suit against FauxNews for presenting themselves as a "news" organization when it's real purpose is to spread disinformation.

[Botany]

4. It was a "Fox News*/Donald Trump/White Racist/dumb fuck riot" with out a doubt.

But that does not mean the people who willing and of their own volition participated in the
violence and law breaking are above the law. When they saw the police barricades which
I think were labeled "police line do not cross" and they crossed it and or broke into the US
Capitol they were knowingly breaking the law.


* the day before the attempted coup Fox's Ainsley Earhardt was on air pushing "the big lie"
that "a lot of people still have questions about the election."

[HuskyOffset]

5. Grammar patrol

What's the penalty for murdering the English language?

During an interview with FBI agents, Antonio said he "locked eyes" with the officer and could see "death in the man's eyes," but didn't help him "when I should of."