By Geoff Earle, deputy American political editor in National Harbor, Maryland
There was anger at CPAC as January 6, defendants say that a handful then was rejected weeks after he was given a grace by President Trump – only to have the conservative conference change a virtual reunion for them.
Among those who blow up over the first exclusion, Richard Barnett, who was famous with his feet on former speaker Nancy Pelosi in her Capitol office while rioters plundered the building.
“They are aimed at pre -registered J6,” he smelled online, said that his valid references were not accepted. “They guided me from CPAC this morning,” he told DailyMail.com.
But he says that event officials later allowed him to come in.
Former proud boys President Enrique Tarrio said he had also been rejected on Wednesday evening – but the situation has now been resolved. “It has already been lifted. I can get my ticket, “he told DailyMail.com by telephone from the Capitol. His 22-year-old punishment was swept away by the grace.
After the messages from Barnett started to circulate online, the group denied that there was such a policy and celebrated their business.
'It is not true that we do not allow people to come to CPAC because of their involvement in J6. CPAC is even a constant supporter of this persecuted community and we heartily support the Pardons of the J6 victims of President Trump. The registration link is active, 'CPAC placed.
January 6, suspect Michael Curzio was one of those who attended the CPAC conference, the first since President Donald Trump gave general grace. Others said they had been denied access
On Thursday morning in the Congress Center of the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor Maryland, it was clear that there was no such ban.
Among those who were previously locked up who reached the huge location on the Potomac River, Michael Curzio – who calls himself a member of the 'J6 OG' as one of the first.
On Thursday he posed in the CPAC exhibition hall for a fake 'deportation center' that had images of President Trump and Border Czar Tom Homan.
Curzio served a prison sentence of six months after he was found guilty of shooting the new boyfriend of his ex -friend. He argued guilty of illegal protesting in the Capitol when the legislators met to count the election for president.
Asked for grace for those who were recorded on video who fight the police, sometimes with sticks and posts, he went against: “You don't know what those agents were doing.”
He said he was very happy to have received a grace for federal crimes from President Trump, although he has still not recovered from an earlier conviction in Florida.
“We were the original first to be arrested,” he said. 'They looked like this unicorn photo of mine who fights with an agent or break something. I have a really bad representative – they have labeled me like a white supremacist and everything. '
Curzio said that the grace was 'cool', but it had its limits because of his earlier conviction. “I am still a convicted criminal, I still can't vote,” he said.
A violent encounter from his past loves him all the benefits of citizenship. 'On paper it looks really bad, but nobody knows the situation. “He said, told his conviction about attempted murder in the first degree in his house. “I got an attempted murder of the first degree. I shot someone down and paralyzed him, “he said. He finally served eight years.
Also within CPAC and enjoying at the moment, Ahron Mostofsky, whose image was blasted all over the world on January 6, partly because of the unusual costume he wore just outside the American senate room.
Richard Barnett says he was denied access to CPAC, although he came in later
Richard 'Bigo' Barnett / A in favor of US President Donald Trump is within the office of the American chairman of the Huis Nancy Pelosi in Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday 6 January 2021. Demonstrants have the security of the security while the congress gathered to certify the results of the 2020 presidential elections
The CPAC conference became a kind of reunion for defendants of January 6
Mostofsky told DailyMail.com that the CPAC conference was a chance for defendants of January 6 to 'compassion' and explained why he was wearing AA Cave Man -Kostuum when Relschutters tore through the Capitol
Aaronofsky described the conditions of his imprisonment
“This is what made me famous,” he said, flashing his own telephone hands at the event. Mostofsky, who had an orthodox Jew, explained that he had come up with the costume during a celebration of the Jewish holiday Purim. He said he was planning to wear it as “my only chance as an old school grotman.”
He appreciates the pardon, after having spent time in the special residential unit of the Upstate New York Prison in Otisville, New York. He also did time in Danbury, Connecticut.
He did not need the grace to practice his franchise. “I live in New York. Criminals can vote. I could vote for Trump. I went to Madison Square Garden. The next day I voted, “he said.
He said he hesitated to come to CPAC last year. “We are all out. We can feel a little sorry. The war is over, “he said.
Also posting about the supposed prohibition was Edward 'Jake' Lang, who streamed his meeting with CPAC staff live and said that he was 'just released from the DC Gulag'. He said he bought 22 tickets for all my brothers of January 6. '
