Podium Stealing Capitol Rioter Gets 'Harsh' Prison Sentence

Adam Johnson, the man walking around with the Speaker's lectern in the infamous Capitol Riot photo, has been handed one of the harshest sentences to date, but there's a catch. The sentence is harsh for the charges that he was hit with, but the charges themselves were minor misdemeanor offenses. Farron Cousins explains why he actually got off much more leniently than he probably should have.

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Of the many images that we have seen from the capital riot. I'm sure some are kind of burned into our brains, right? Zip tie guy is a great example. The guy kind of jumping over the tables, he got a bunch of zip ties on him. Of course, the horned helmet, man standing there in the house of representatives, but no image re really captures that day more than podium guy. And I know we've all seen the photo. You know what I'm talking about? The guy walking out with the speakers, LEC turn smiling at the camera, waving. Well, this man, his name, Adam Johnson, and a couple months ago, he actually pleaded guilty to participating in the capital riot. And this week was his sentencing and he was actually handed down one of the harshest sentences for what he was charged for. And that's the key to date.

That prison sentence of course is 75 days in jail, little over two months, right? Two and a half months, basically that this man is going to have to spend in jail for walking around with the speakers lectern from the United States house of representatives because you see Mr. Johnson was not char with any felony offenses. Again, even though he removed property from the capital. I don't know if he actually made it out of the building, to be honest with you, but he, he moved it from where it belongs. He was walking around with it there's photographs, but of course, Nope, misdemeanor charges. In fact, the misdemeanors that he pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building without lawful authority, one of the most infamous images from that capital riot and he got popped with a misdemeanor because, oh, you shouldn't be in here without permission.

Are, are, are you, are you kidding me? Like for real are hitting me 75 days in jail. And of course for a misdemeanor, that's a lot of time in jail. Let's be honest. And yes, it's one of the harshest sentence, uh, sentences, because most people have been charged roughly the same thing and they say, right, you know, community service probation, blah, blah, blah, maybe even house arrest for some so 75 in, uh, days in jail for what he's being charged with is a harsh sentence. But I feel like of all the people like this guy probably should have been charged with more. But Mr. Johnson says, you know, he is ashamed of his behavior. He was foolish. And you know, he wants to set a good exam up for his five children. Well, let me ask you this, Mr. Johnson, how good of an example is it going to be when your children look through history books in the near future and see your face smiling back at them, walking around with the speakers lectern again, it is one of the most infamous images that will go into history books.

Assuming Republicans don't ban all of the teaching of history, which they're pretty close to doing. So maybe it won't be, maybe the kids will be fine, but that image that little smiley, I'm not sorry about what I'm doing. Image. Not only is it burned into the brains of every American. At this point, it's gonna be burned into your kids' brains. You're never gonna live that down. You're never gonna be able to set a holy good example for those kids. From this point forward, maybe you can redeem yourself, but I don't think so. That picture spoke volumes about the lengths to which you were willing to go for Donald Trump. And of course that smile on your face told us that at least at the time you had no remorse whatsoever about what you were doing that day, you enjoyed it. You were having fun. You were happy and no matter what you say, no matter what you do, that picture should haunt you and your family forever.