Arkansas Online: “A fundraiser has been started to help a Gravette man arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. It’s called the Richard ‘Bigo’ Barnett Legal Defense Fund, according to the fundraiser’s website. For contributions of $100 or more, Barnett will, ‘as a token of his appreciation,’ send a personally inscribed, autographed picture of himself sitting at a desk in the office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to the website. One of the most well-known photographs from the Capitol incursion shows Barnett with his foot propped on a desk in Pelosi’s office suite. ‘Richard Barnett’s picture at Speaker Pelosi’s desk has become the face of the new anti-federalist movement,’ according to the fundraiser website. ‘We will not go gently into that good night.'”

“Also, ‘as a token of his appreciation for contributions of $25 or more,’ Barnett will email the donor a copy of the court filing that resulted in his release from jail, according to the website. ‘We are raising money to ensure a robust defense against the biggest prosecution in the Department of Justice’s storied history because the poor and middle class should not lose on the legal battlefield for lack of money,’ said Barnett’s attorney, Joseph D. McBride, Esq., of New York City. ‘We will not allow the federal government to bully Richard simply [because] it has an unlimited budget. This is the story of David v. Goliath, and we intend on defeating the giant.’ Robert Steinbuch, a law professor at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, said there is probably nothing illegal about Barnett’s fundraiser. ‘If being a jackass were a crime, there would be a lot more people in jail,’ Steinbuch said. ‘There are some prohibitions in some jurisdictions on profiting from a crime during incarceration. Otherwise, it’s generally free enterprise. Remember, Barnett has not been convicted of a crime.'”