Happening now: Robert Scott Palmer, who attacked cops at the Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing an American flag sweatshirt emblazoned with Donald Trump’s name, is about to be sentenced.
This will likely be the longest prison term in a Jan. 6 case to date.
This will likely be the longest prison term in a Jan. 6 case to date.
Here’s our story from March on how the #SeditionHunters community identified Robert Scott Palmer, aka #FloridaFlagJacket.
Palmer was arrested 12 days after it ran.
huffpost.com/entry/robert-p…
Palmer was arrested 12 days after it ran.
huffpost.com/entry/robert-p…
In a letter to Judge Tanya Chutkan, Palmer said he now knows “Trump supporters were lied to” by the former president and his allies.
“They kept spitting out the false narrative about a stolen election and how it was ‘our duty’ to stand up to tyranny.”
huffpost.com/entry/trump-li…
“They kept spitting out the false narrative about a stolen election and how it was ‘our duty’ to stand up to tyranny.”
huffpost.com/entry/trump-li…
“On March 4, 2021, after Palmer had been identified by an online sleuth, Palmer was contacted by a reporter for the Huffington Post… He also told the reporter ‘I didn’t do anything wrong.’” huffpost.com/entry/trump-ca… 
Judge asked Palmer if his statements on his fundraising website were true. He said they were false.
Judge: Were you acting in self-defense?
Robert Scott Palmer: “No ma’am, I was not.”
Judge: Were you acting in self-defense?
Robert Scott Palmer: “No ma’am, I was not.”
https://twitter.com/TomDreisbach/status/1471901227902390278
Those lies on the fundraising page just came back to bite Palmer.
Judge Tanya Chutkan will deny the sentencing reduction for acceptance of responsibility.
Judge Tanya Chutkan will deny the sentencing reduction for acceptance of responsibility.
Judge Chutkan has denied his motion for a downward departure, says a variance from the sentencing guidelines is unwarranted.
So his suggested sentencing guidelines are 63-78 months behind bars.
So his suggested sentencing guidelines are 63-78 months behind bars.
Defendant Robert Scott Palmer is now speaking.
“I’m really, really ashamed of what I did,” Palmer said.
He says he watched a @maddow clip on his case on an educational pad while behind bars.
“I was horrified,” Palmer said.
“I’m really, really ashamed of what I did,” Palmer said.
He says he watched a @maddow clip on his case on an educational pad while behind bars.
“I was horrified,” Palmer said.
Robert Scott Palmer said he will “never, ever, ever” go to a political rally again.
Says he trusts the judge to do what’s fair.
Says he trusts the judge to do what’s fair.
Palmer’s lawyer tells the judge that Palmer reached out to him just after HuffPost’s story ran. Says Palmer immediately told him he was guilty and wanted to plead guilty.
Palmer lawyer Bjorn Brunvand asks that Palmer gets mental health treatment while in prison, and also hopes to get training as an electrician.
Brunvand, who differs from Palmer politically, says Palmer got his first COVID shot in recent days.
A few days ago, Brunvand asked Palmer if he was a doctor, and Palmer said no, and Brunvand told him to get over it, he says.
A few days ago, Brunvand asked Palmer if he was a doctor, and Palmer said no, and Brunvand told him to get over it, he says.
Judge Chutkan tells Palmer that it’s not good for people to only get their information from one source, and said it’s important to seek out many different views.
"People get very siloed and they listen to an echo chamber,” she says.
"People get very siloed and they listen to an echo chamber,” she says.
Judge Chutkan, a former public defender, said she’s happy that bad conditions in the D.C. jail are now getting publicity.
“I am perhaps a little cynical” about why those conditions are receiving a lot of attention now, she says.
“I am perhaps a little cynical” about why those conditions are receiving a lot of attention now, she says.
Chutkan is beginning to explain her sentencing decision, noting that even before he attacked cops he had a bird’s eye view of overwhelmed officers being assaulted by the mob.
Chutkan tells Palmer to look behind him at the U.S. Marshals, noting that law enforcement officers ran towards danger on Jan. 6.
“They’re the patriots, and some of them didn’t know if they’re going to see their children again that night,” Chutkan said.
“They’re the patriots, and some of them didn’t know if they’re going to see their children again that night,” Chutkan said.
Sentence: Robert Scott Palmer gets 63 months. huffpost.com/entry/capitol-…
Here’s the Maddow clip that Robert Scott Palmer may have watched on his electronic pad after he was locked up:
https://twitter.com/maddowblog/status/1471995941309886467
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