>>> WE ALL HEAR THAT SEEING IS
BELIEVING.
BUT THE FIRST IMAGES WE SEE ARE
NOT ALWAYS THE WHOLE STORY.
EVEN WHEN THEY TELL IMPORTANT
PARTS OF THE STORY.
LIKE THIS INSTANTLY INFAMOUS
IMAGE OF A CRIMINAL RIOTER
LOUNGING AT SPEAKER PELOSI’S
DESK.
IT’S OUTRAGEOUS FOR MANY REASONS
AND IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS CITED
IT AS PART OF A MUCH WIDER PLOT
TO ATTACK THE SPEAKER AND HER
STAFF.
>> THE MOB CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR
SPEAKER PELOSI THROUGHOUT THE
TIME THEY OCCUPIED THE CAPITOL,
INCLUDING INVADING HER OFFICES.
TRUMP’S MOB RANSACKED THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE’S OFFICE.
THEY TERRORIZED HER STAFF.
>> IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS TELLING
THE SENATE ABOUT THE MAN YOU SEE
AT THE DESK, RICHARD BARNETT,
NOW INDICTED FOR VIOLENT AND
UNLAWFUL ENTRY OF A RESTRICTED
BUILDING AND THEFT.
HE SAT SO COMFORTABLY THERE,
GRINNING IN SPEAKER PELOSI’S
OFFICE, BRANDISHING STOLEN
ITEMS, HIS FEET UP ON THE DESK.
MANAGER PLASKETT CONTRASTING
VIDEO OF OTHER RIOTERS LYING TO
POLICE AND CLAIMING TO HAVE NO
WEAPONS WHEN BARNETT WAS
ACTUALLY ONE OF SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU SEE
HERE, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS
IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS HE WAS ALSO
IN FACT CARRYING A WEAPON INTO
THE CAPITOL.
>> THE WORLD IS ALL NOW TOO
FAMILIAR WITH THE IMAGES FROM
THESE SLIDES.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, HOWEVER, AT
THE NOW INFAMOUS PICTURES OF
BARNETT WITH HIS FEET ON THE
DESK, YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING
THAT YOU DIDN’T NOTICE
PREVIOUSLY.
HERE’S A BETTER LOOK.
AS THIS PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS, HE’S
CARRYING A STUN GUN TUCKED INTO
HIS WAISTBAND.
>> SO A PICTURE THAT WAS
DISTURBING AT FIRST SIGHT FOR
ONE REASON IS ACTUALLY CLEARLY
DANGEROUS FOR OTHER REASONS.
YOU CAN BELIEVE YOUR EYES, BUT
THERE ARE THINGS YOUR EYES DON’T
ALWAYS SEE WITHOUT MORE EVIDENCE
AND CONTEXT.
WHICH IS WHY TRIALS MATTER FOR
PURSUING A FULL TRUTH.
THEY HAPPEN IN PUBLIC SO PEOPLE
LEARN THE EVIDENCE REGARDLESS OF
WHAT THE JURY ULTIMATELY
DECIDES.
JUST AS OTHER EVIDENCE SHOWS
BARNETT HOLDING THOSE ITEMS HE
WAS HOLDING UP THERE INSIDE THE
OFFICE AS HE LEFT.
WHICH HE CONFESSED TO WITH UTTER
CONTEMPT AND ZERO REMORSE,
TELLING A REPORTER WHY HE STOLE
THIS MAIL.
>> I DIDN’T STEAL IT.
I -- SO I FIGURED, WELL, I’M IN
HER OFFICE, I GOT BLOOD IN HER
OFFICE, I’LL PUT A QUARTER ON
HER DESK EVEN THOUGH SHE ISN’T
[ BLEEP ] WORTH IT.
AND I LEFT HER A NOTE ON HER
DESK THAT SAYS NANCY [ BLEEP ].
>> HE NOW SITS IN JAIL AWAITING
TRIAL BECAUSE HE WAS DENIED BAIL
BY THE PRESIDING JUDGE WHO NOTED
OUTRAGE OVER BARNETT’S OBVIOUS
SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT AND UTTER
CONTEMPT FOR THE SYSTEM AFTER
PUBLICLY DESECRATING THE
SPEAKER’S OFFICE.
NOW, THAT’S A LEGAL PART OF THIS
PROCESS.
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, WHICH
TAUGHT US MORE ABOUT WHAT HE WAS
REALLY UP TO, ARMED DURING HIS
TRESPASS AND HIS OWN CRIMINAL
PROCESS WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO
PLAY OUT.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW TONIGHT
THESE STORIES ARE WITH US IN
AMERICA.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
REVERBERATE INCLUDING ACROSS THE
CULTURE.
THERE’S A BRAND NEW SONG BY
ARTIST JAY-Z WITH ALSO LYRICS BY
THE LATE NIPSEY HUSSLE.
AND IT’S STRIKING TO HEAR JAY-Z
SPEAKING TO AN AUDIENCE OF
MILLIONS REALLY IN THE UNITED
STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD,
REFERRING TO THIS VERY INCIDENT
TO CALL OUT WHAT HE SEES AS THE
JAYEHE REFERS TO THE HYPOCRISY O
THE SUSPECT.
IT IS CALLED "WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE," I REFERS TO THE IMAGE OF
RICHARD BARNETT’S FEET UP ON THE
SPEAKER’S DESK AND JAY-Z TALKS
ABOUT LOSING RESPECT FOR A
SYSTEM THAT WOULD ALLOW ANY OF THIS AND ON THIS TOP YOU CAN,
THIS AND ON THIS TOP YOU CAN,
JAY GETS THE LAST WORD.
♪ ♪
LOST ALL MY LITTLE RESPECT ARE.
I’M JOINED NOW BY UNITED STATES
SENATOR RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, OF
CONNECTICUT WHO SERVES ON THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
HA FOR HAVING ME AS ALWAYS.
>> THERE’S MANY ASPECTS ON THIS
THIS, FIRST, YOUR THOUGHTS ON
HOW THIS REVERBERATES ACROSS THE
CULTURE.
MANY OUTRAGED BY THE IMAGE.
THE MANAGERS, YOU WERE IN THE
WELL WHEN THEY ADDED CONTEXT TO
THE ARMED WAY THAT THE BARNETT
WAS TRESPASSING AS WELL AS THOSE
THOUGHTS FROM JAY-Z.
>> WHAT IS SO POWERFUL ABOUT
THOSE IMAGES, ARI, AND THANK YOU
FOR RECOUNTING THIS PART OF THE
HORRIFIC STORY, IS THAT WE NEED
TO REVERSE THE RISING TIDE OF
EXTREMIST VIOLENCE IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THE MOB THAT DONALD TRUMP
MOBILIZED WAS ARMED.
THE CAPITOL POLICE AND
METROPOLITAN POLICE RECOVERED
FIREARMS ON THAT DAY.
AND THAT MOB IS STILL OUT THERE.
AND STILL DANGEROUS, AND PART OF
THE REASON THAT I BELIEVE WE
NEED A 9/11 COMMISSION THAT TYPE
OF COMMISSION, AND I’M DRAFTING
A BILL THAT I HOPE WILL BE
BIPARTISAN, IS TO UNCOVER THE
CAUSES AND IMPOSE