One man who was arrested earlier this week for his alleged participation in the January 6 riots at the nation’s Capitol building has apparently not learned anything from the situation because he wants former President Donald Trump to pay his legal expenses.
This is hilarious — Trump has largely skipped out on paying his taxes [1] over the years, yet MAGA rioter Zvonimir Jurlina, who was arrested in Austin, Texas, and charged with inciting violence against members of the media who were covering the rioting Trump supporters and for also encouraging the theft of media equipment, is asking Trump to “please pay for my legal fees!” That’s according to Reuters legal journalist Jan Wolfe. [2]
“Donald Trump, please pay for my legal fees,” says one of the latest January 6 defendants after leaving the courthouse. “This all happened because of you.”
The defendant, Zvonimir Jurlina, claims in a YouTube stream that he’s a “political prisoner” and a “real American patriot.” pic.twitter.com/jtCyVpUDLw [3]
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) June 30, 2021 [4]
All I can say is I hope this dude is not holding his breath awaiting Trump’s response.
In the video, posted right after his court appearance, Jurlina complained about being a political prisoner” and claimed he was being persecuted for being a “patriot,” Raw Story [5] reports.
“After today I gotta go home, I can’t get in any trouble, I can’t do nothing bad, I can’t do no drugs,” he said.
Then he focused on Trump, who spurred him to participate in the riot.
“I’d like to say to Donald Trump, please pay for my legal fees!” he said. “This all happened because of you, okay? I didn’t do nothing wrong.”
Despite the grammatical inaccuracy of that last sentence, my reaction is really dude? How is it that you believe you did “nothing wrong,” when you and your fellow insurgents destroyed property and perpetrated deadly violence? Now, don’t get me wrong — I’m not trying to say Jurlina participated in the violence. I don’t know if he did or not. And yes, Trump is largely to blame for all of this, but Jurlina chose to take part. He made a conscious decision to get involved. Just as all the other noodniks who were involved made that choice.
That said, I really hope Trump foots the bill for the man’s expenses. I believe that’s about as likely as someone finding an actual unicorn, but who knows — I could be surprised.
Wolfe also posted this, and Twitter responded:
This defendant is accused of taking media equipment on January 6 and saying: “Yo, I guess we should loot now, right? This is pretty expensive equipment. I’m thinking maybe I should just grab it up and then go to a pawn shop.”https://t.co/VchbM4Swu5 [6]
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) June 30, 2021 [7]
I remember seeing video of that. Its like the let all the nuts out of the asylum. And we didn't even have a Cuckoos nest to fly over.
— ktlink (@ktlin60) June 30, 2021 [8]
So sad He cant do no drugs
He can't do anything bad
He cant get in no altercations
Omg whatever would we do if we obeyed laws and respected other people 😂😆🤔— KEELY /not/ Kelly✌️♥️🇺🇲 (@kjbark67) June 30, 2021 [9]
Trump doesn't even pay his own legal fees. 😂😂
— ⚔🌼🌊💋Lucia – FUH-Q and the MAGA Cult 💋🌊🌼⚔ (@ResistSister111) June 30, 2021 [10]
And now he's whinging and begging tRump to pay his legal fees. Welcome to fantasy island.
— Hillbilly Highlander (@HillbillyHighl1) June 30, 2021 [11]