What do you do when you “broke the internet” by posing for a picture with the stolen Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lecturn, and you are now an insurrectionist? You 1) brag about what you did and then 2) delete the evidence of your insurrection and theft and finally 3) say how sorry you are and please don’t send me to jail! Lather, wash, rinse, repeat. Ladies and gentleman, I give you Adam Johnson of Florida.
WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant who bragged that he "broke the internet" and was "finally famous" when a photo of him carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern during the Capitol attack went viral should spend 90 days in federal prison, Justice Department prosecutors argued ahead of his sentencing.
Adam Johnson, a Florida stay-at-home dad of five boys ranging from 6 to 14, was photographed carrying Pelosi's lectern in the Capitol rotunda during the Jan. 6 attack. He's scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton on Friday morning.
In a sentencing memo, federal prosecutors said Johnson's actions on Jan. 6 showed a "sense of entitlement and privilege" and that the infamous podium photograph "portrays Johnson as confident, arguably gleeful, while converting government property to his own use during an unlawful siege of the Capitol."
So the feds only want to give him 90 days in jail. The prosecutors state that Johnson has not “worked” for the last 11 years because his wife is a wealthy doctor. In fact the family has more than enough money for Johnson to afford TWO LAWYERS! But the prosecutors only want to give him 90 days.
Shit.
He bragged about what he did, besides taking and posting the phot. And then when the feds were arresting people, Johnson tried to delete the evidence against him. Then, the ever predictable, “I’m so sorry” bullshit comes out in court.
Johnson, his attorneys claimed, "deeply regrets his participation in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021." They say the "life-changing decision" he made to enter the Capitol has negatively impacted his family, and they asked the court to "consider the significant and negative impact that incarceration would have on his sons." They argued that he wouldn't have received as much attention had he grabbed some other podium during the Capitol attack.
"Unfortunately, he received considerable attention simply because the lectern belonged to Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi," they wrote. "Arguably, if he latched onto some other piece of government furniture for his photo opportunity jail time would not even be a consideration."
If only he had STOLEN something else during the insurrection. The feds are just picking on poor Johnson because he stole a highly visible piece of government property. And his sons NEED him! And he has had so many negative impacts on his poor family!
Cry me a river.