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Pictured in Pelosi's office during the Capitol storming, a convicted American

2023-01-23T22:33:01.081Z


During his trial, Richard Barnett, 62, claimed to have been "pushed inside" the Capitol by the crowd.


His photo had gone around the world.

Richard Barnett, 62, who was immortalized with his feet on a table in Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's office during the assault on the Capitol, was convicted on Monday of multiple misdemeanors, including obstructing official process, theft and intrusion into an official building with a dangerous weapon (a walking stick capable of sending out electric shocks).

On January 6, 2021, Richard Barnett invaded, like hundreds of supporters of former Republican President Donald Trump, the seat of Congress when elected officials certified the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election.

He had been photographed in the office of the leader of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, with his feet on a piece of furniture.

He claimed to have been “pushed inside”

According to the indictment, this supporter of the Qanon conspiracy movement had left an insulting message to the Democrat and stolen an envelope she had signed.

During his trial, he was defiant, claiming to have been "pushed inside" the Capitol by the crowd.

His sentence will be handed down in May.

In the meantime, he remains under house arrest with an electronic bracelet.

In two years of investigation, more than 950 participants in this attack have been arrested, and nearly 200 sentenced to prison terms.

Source: leparis

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