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The man who invaded the Capitol on January 6 and put his feet on Pelosi's desk is found guilty of all charges

2023-01-24T14:14:48.449Z


Richard Barnett, of Arkansas, testified at his own trial last week, saying he was sorry for storming the Capitol that day, but did not consider his actions illegal and plans to appeal.


By Daniel Barnes and Zoë Richards -

NBC News

An Arkansas man who was photographed during the January 6 riots with his feet up on a desk in the office of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was found

guilty on all counts Monday after brief deliberations by the jury.

Richard Barnett faced eight charges stemming from the insurrection, including

theft of government property.

He repeatedly said in court last week that he was sorry for what happened on Capitol Hill that day, but that

he did not consider his actions to be illegal.

[This man recorded the assault on Pelosi's office.

He is now on trial for six criminal charges]

After the verdict, Barnett told reporters outside the courthouse: “This is not a jury of my peers.

I don't agree with the decision, but I appreciate the process and

we will surely appeal."

Trump supporter Richard Barnett inside the office of then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on January 6, 2021.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images file

Barnett's attorney, Joseph McBride, agreed with his client, saying that the political makeup of Washington, DC, is unlike the rest of the United States and that, along with the media coverage on January 6, "prevented any chance of a fair trial."

Barnett is scheduled to be sentenced on May 3.

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Barnett became a widely known symbol of the riots when he was photographed reclining in a chair in the office of the then Speaker of the House, his feet propped up on the table, and wearing what the government called a "stunning device." ” tucked into his pants.

Before leaving Pelosi's office,

Barnett took an envelope which she later showed to cameras outside the Capitol.

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In court on Friday, before the case was handed over to the jury, Assistant US Attorney Michael Gordon pored over Barnett's Jan. 6 account and tore apart his testimony point by point, clearly angering Barnett.

Barnett, who had said a day earlier that he would apologize to Pelosi, D-Calif., if she were in court, admitted during cross-examination that when a police officer told him he had to get out of his office, he replied:

"You have to renounce communism."

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Barnett also admitted to telling an official on Capitol Hill: “We are at war.

You have to choose a side.

Don't get on the wrong side or you're going to get hurt."

Defending his actions,

Barnett said he did not believe he had broken the law on January 6.

Barnett also admitted to telling an official on Capitol Hill: “We are at war.

You have to choose a side.

Don't get on the wrong side or you're going to get hurt."

"I made some serious mistakes and

I'm sorry, but I don't think I broke the law

," Barnett said Friday.

"I feel like a f--- idiot."

Asked Monday if the decision to testify could have backfired on Barnett given that the jury needed only a few hours to convict his client on all charges, McBride said: "We thought the decision to testify was unequivocally the correct one." .

“He had a story that needed to be told,” McBride said.

“People needed to know why he came here, what his intentions were, and what he did while he was here.

The man got up there and told the truth, and that didn't work for him, but at the end of the day we don't regret that decision."

Two years after the riots, the FBI and Justice Department investigation into the attack on the Capitol has yielded

900 arrests and nearly 500 guilty pleas.

Source: telemundo

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