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Scott MacFarlane Profile picture
@MacFarlaneNews
Jun 18, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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So...Capitol Insurrection defendant Bigo Barnett really wants to go to a car show today

(He's accused of putting feet on Pelosi office desk, taking mail)

The car show is 215 miles away, beyond court's limits on Barnett's movements

SO LOOK AT WHAT HE FILED OVERNIGHT:

(thread)
Feds asked judge to reject Barnett's request to go to this classic car show this weekend

Barnett was released from pre-trail detention a few weeks ago.. & says he's making ends meet by selling classic cars

Feds say Barnett has other income & has found trouble during release
Feds say police were called twice to Barnett's house since he arrived home from jail. One for gunfire unrelated to Barnett... somewhere nearby

Another time for a civil dispute between Barnett and another man, per court docs

Look at how Barnett's lawyer responds

(more)
Barnett defense lawyer to court: "Government has fabricated lies, bent the truth, distorted facts"

(reminder.. this is a legal filing over whether Barnett can go to a car show today)

Wait.. there's more:
Barnett's lawyer says the US Justice Dept is using "fictitious nonsense to manipulate the law to achieve its own dubious end"

He says feds are being "offensive" to other attorneys
Then the attorney references "government bureaucrats" while criticizing restrictions on Barnett's movements outside business hours
Barnett faces several criminal charges.. he's just out of jail.... back home in Arkansas and he's pleaded NOT GUILTY

Big moments in his case remain

And he's been going round-and-round with the feds and courts all week... to attend a classic car show in Morrilton, Arkansas
As for that civil dispute on his property.... here's how Barnett explains what happened:
Judge rules AGAINST Bigo. No car show

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