Ep. 290 Robert Barnes on the Proud Boys Jan. 6 Convictions
Robert Barnes is a lawyer specializing in constitutional issues, who has defended several celebrity clients including Wesley Snipes and Alex Jones. He joins Bob to discuss the legal perversions surrounding the recent convictions of several Proud Boys members for their role in the Jan. 6 protest/riot at the Capitol.
Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:
- The YouTube version of this interview.
- Robert Barnes’ Locals community. His law practice website.
- Bob Murphy’s critique of plea deals in context of Proud Boys.
- Help support the Bob Murphy Show.
About the author, Robert
Christian and economist, Chief Economist at infineo, and Senior Fellow with the Mises Institute.
Great job, sir! Love me some Barnes and Frei!
The Republican party is the laughingstock of the world totally inept and corrupt and worthless. The Republican party needs to be burned to the ground, every Republican politician needs to be kicked out of office.
Barnes is the man!
Great interview! Robert is an amazing guy. He helped many navigate the mandates.
I’ve been listening to Barnes for a few years now. He is one of very, very few people with original insight (most folks, even on “our side”, just endlessly repeat the talking points of the day).
Even Barnes spends a little too much time on political commentary and opinions and not enough time on the facts of the matter, on what the law is, why, how to address/refute the opposing side, etc. You could see that even in this interview where he spends most of the time on blasting how horrible the judge is (“she was too nutty even for Jamaica socialists”), how everybody got railroaded, but didn’t quite go into detail. I.e. if the prosecutors offered Owen Shroyer a plea deal with no time served, and he accepted it, how come he WILL be now serving time?
He is still great and he is always fascinating to listen to and he eventually does get into the detail, you just need to listen to a lot of him to get there. For example, he laid out specifically and systematically all the ways the 2020 election was stolen (it was NOT the Dominion machines), with evidence, and how the courts never addressed these issues (e.g. never did signature match checks).
His and Viva’s Locals channel has a huge amount of content and is definitely worth the few bucks (I think $7 a month, I’m paying $5 as an early joiner). Especially his 3-times-a-week one hour Bourbon with Barnes monologues and AMAs and his Hush Hush series where he offers “alternative explanations” to various events. For example how Zelensky came to power, Prigozhin’s death, Jan 6th, was Watergate a Deep State plot, and many others.
Very informative show, thanks to your guest