So after listening to some of Racket's streams and him having Barnes on, constantly talking shit about the defence, heard a little bit of Richard's thoughts on him and the other attorneys (without him naming him) in the post verdict interview. Yeah, not positive.
-3:11 - "His initial attorneys wanted to use Kyle for a cause, and that was inappropriate and I don't, I support clients". "I told him when he was in custody that if he wanted to have a crusade, I wasn't his lawyer".
-15:09 - "There is going to be a fight over the 2 million dollar bond, Linwood is going to say he's entitled to that money, at least we get to have that discussion".
-15:59 - Interviewer: "Now that the case has finished and you can look back at it, what was the pivotal moment that was successful in your case". Richards: "Getting rid of the first two lawyers *raises eyebrow*, and that might be a smart, mouthy comment, but I mean that. I got my best friend, Corey (Agent 47), my best friend, to join, who I trust. Being able to work with someone who you don't have to check their work, don't worry about what they are going to be doing, you give them a project and it's done, as good or better as you would have done it".
So Barnes, past all his inside knowledge of the case and him talking about how much of a mistake them kicking him off the case was, if we can infer from these comments, is: A grifter looking to use a client for both money and ideological/political reasons, who's work needed to be double checked, and was likely riddled with errors, and they had to worry about what he was doing outside of it.
And this is someone Nick swears by. Guess grifters stay together.