A person who was pictured along with his ft on Nancy Pelosi‘s desk through the January 6 riot on the US Capitol has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Richard Barnett, 63, was discovered responsible of varied felony and misdemeanour costs earlier this yr. He confronted as much as 47 years in jail however prosecutors solely argued for a seven-year sentence. The longest jail time period handed right down to a January 6 rioter to this point was 14 years.
The picture of Barnett lounging in a chair behind the then-speaker of the Home of Consultant‘s desk turned one of the recognisable from the riot. He left a handwritten observe in Pelosi’s workplace that learn: “Hey Nancy, Bigo was right here you b****.”
Barnett was recognized and arrested simply days later. Interviewed on the time, he claimed to have been shoved into the veteran Democrat’s workplace.
“I’ll in all probability be telling them that is what occurred all the way in which to the DC jail,” he mentioned.
Whereas Barnett is most recognisable for posing behind Pelosi’s desk, prosecutors homed in on an incident that got here moments later when he approached a cop with a stun gun. He demanded the officer retrieve the US flag he’d left behind in Pelosi’s workplace and threatened to name within the mob if he didn’t co-operate, the New York Day by day Information reported.
The incident resulted in his conviction for felony interfering with a police officer throughout a civil dysfunction.
“Whilst you could remorse having gone there that day, you’ve to this point not proven any acceptance of duty,” Decide Christopher Cooper mentioned, CBS Information reported. “You’re too previous for this nonsense.”
