Posted on 01/08/2021 11:51:53 AM PST by cmj328
WASHINGTON -- The man photographed sitting at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk during Wednesday's riots in the US Capitol has been arrested and charged with three federal counts, including theft of public property, federal officials said Friday.
Federal officials said Richard Barnett of Arkansas was taken into custody Friday morning in Little Rock.
Barnett was charged with knowingly entering and remaining in restricted building grounds without authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds as well as the theft of public property, officials said.
A resident of Alabama was also charged in connection with the pipe bomb found on the south side of the Capitol building. Eleven Molotov cocktails and military-style weapon were found in his pickup truck, officials said.
"Just because you've left the DC region you can still expect a knock on the door if we find out you were part of the criminal activity at the Capitol," said Steven D'Antuono, assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington field office.
"The FBI is not sparing any resources in this investigation," he said.
It was not immediately clear whether Barnett has an attorney.
Hi.
The corrupt DoJ and FBI are piling on the charges in hopes of getting a conviction.
These assholes might get him on criminal trespass.
5.56mm
“Government of, by, and for the People?”
Quaint concept; apparently found only in fantasy and sci-fi these days.
In one last dig at Pelosi, pardon him on the 19th.
Another guy arrested with molotov coctails, weapons and means to make napalm in his truck on Capitol grounds.
Sounds like federal pound em in the azz prison time there
All we need is one.
babbit
barnett
whos next ?
Dude is there like a sign that say that? Is it in the Alabama Language?
Whoops, the Arkansas language, like I speak Clintonise
You would need six juries to get one.
Hopefully he’s able to show how the police ushered the “protestors” led by Antifa representatives, into the building, and made it easy for them to move around and enter various offices, etc.:
DC cop opening a gate on Capitol grounds and waving deploreables in!
https://twitter.com/i/status/1347354274599215105
He should have left something steaming & brown in that chair.
Extra credit: He should have left a package of (bread) crumbs on her desk, marked “stimulus.”
Trump should issue a full pardon on his way out the door just to PO the left...
I’ll bet that they throw ‘accessory to murder’ at everyone they arrest.
Let me know, too.
Poor guy. What an idiotic thing to do.
Yeah, how dare the deplorable peasants enter the palace of lords. You can burn, loot and destroy the property of regular folks, but don’t you dare sit at the desk of Queen Pelosi.
If there was ever a time to wear a mask...that was it.
I agree. And he should include the Capitol Police officer who shot the unarmed Mrs. Babbitt as well, as a gesture of national healing and solidarity.
It strange that the FBI figured out who he was and was able to track him down so fast.
I wonder how they were able to do that?
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