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Richard Franklin Barnard III

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Richard Franklin Barnard III walked out of federal court with probation, home confinement, and sixty hours of community service. Sixty hours of community service. For January 6. Not a cell. Not a year. Service hours, the same thing a judge hands a first offender anywhere in America. That is the sentence a federal judge who read the whole file thought this case was worth. WHO HE IS DOCUMENTED INFERENCE: Richard Franklin Barnard III's case, 1:21-cr-00235-RC, is tracked among the Texas January 6 prosecutions. KVUE covered the Central Texas cases and click2houston published the running list of Texans charged in the Capitol breach. This archive has not yet confirmed his city directly from a named local story. NEEDS AUTHENTICATION: hometown, occupation, military or first responder service, and family. If you know this man, fill it in. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT: Arrested February 25, 2021. Indicted March 19, 2021. FACT: Arraigned April 19, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. CHARGE ONLY, as originally filed per the DOJ record: Unlawful Entry on Restricted Building or Grounds (two counts); Violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds; Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building. FACT: A plea agreement was entered October 20, 2021 and he pleaded guilty to count five only. FACT: Sentenced February 4, 2022 to 12 months probation, 30 days of home confinement, 60 hours of community service, and $500 restitution. FACT: No prison. The court files in his case, including the statement of offense and the defense response to the government sentencing memorandum, are archived publicly by the George Washington University Program on Extremism. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump granted clemency covering the January 6 prosecutions. WHAT THIS DOES NOT PROVE It does not prove Richard Franklin Barnard III did nothing. He pleaded guilty to one count and that plea is part of the permanent record. WHAT IT DOES PROVE He was charged with four counts and convicted of one. Three of four counts went away. The sentence was probation and community service. Read the number the court wrote down, not the number a headline wanted. CASE RECORD Name: Richard Franklin Barnard III Case number: 1:21-cr-235 (docketed as 1:21-cr-00235-RC) Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrest date: February 25, 2021 Sentenced: February 4, 2022 DOJ record: justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/barnard-richard-franklin This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.