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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:28 AM Jan 2021

Police arrest Florida man caught on camera carrying Pelosi's lectern during Capitol riot

BY JESSICA DE LEON

JANUARY 09, 2021 07:20 AM, UPDATED 1 HOUR 26 MINUTES AGO


Protesters enter the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C., and one is carrying the lectern bearing the seal of the Speaker of the House. As this photo captured by chief Getty Images photographer Win McNamee quickly circulated on social media., many residents in Florida’s Manatee County identified the man as Adam Christian Johnson, 36, from Parrish. WIN MCNAMEE GETTY IMAGES

BRADENTON

Florida resident Adam Christian Johnson, the man captured in viral photo carrying Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern from House chambers during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, has been arrested.

Johnson, 36, was booked into the Pinellas County jail on Friday night. According to jail records, he is being held is being held on a federal warrant.

The FBI was searching for Johnson, who was quickly identified on social media by local residents in the viral of him carrying the lectern during the mob violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

Johnson is a stay-at-home-dad who lives with his wife and their five children in their Parrish home.

Before being deleted or taken down, Johnson’s social media accounts had posts that he was Washington, D.C., ahead of the riots and included disparaging comments about the Black Lives Matter movement and law enforcement who defended First Amendment protect rights.

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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article248390100.html
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Police arrest Florida man caught on camera carrying Pelosi's lectern during Capitol riot (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2021 OP
Stay at home deadbeat should have stayed at home C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #1
I really want to read their"friends" on social media Watchfoxheadexplodes Jan 2021 #2
A long prison sentence should wipe that stupid grin off his face. idziak4ever1234 Jan 2021 #3
His kids Deuxcents Jan 2021 #4
His wife is a Dr! WTF Cattledog Jan 2021 #5
It is not Pelosi's lectern. It is the Speaker's lectern and he is not the Speaker. BrightKnight Jan 2021 #6

Cattledog

(5,919 posts)
5. His wife is a Dr! WTF
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 11:41 AM
Jan 2021

He was born in 1984.

He attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida where he studied psychology.

He has lived in different parts of Florida including Parrish, Bradenton and Palmetto. He used to work as a server at a restaurant in Bradenton.

In 2003, he was arrested for marijuana possession.

In 2004, he was arrested for a probation violation.

He and his first wife divorced in 2011.

His second wife Dr. Suzanne Sandra Johnson is a family physician practicing in Palmetto. They have five children.

In 2016, he and Suzi bought a six-bedroom house in Harrison Ranch, Parrish, Florida.

He is registered to vote in Parrish without a party affiliation.

He is a former member of Lakewood Ranch Baptist Church in Sarasota, Florida.

He is a supporter of Donald Trump.

On January 6, 2021, he wore a beanie with Trump’s name and joined his fellow supporters of the 45th U.S. president as they breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. They disrupted a joint session of Congress to certify the vote of the Electoral College and affirm Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election.

During the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, Getty Images photographer Win McNamee captured a photo of him smiling while carrying the lectern of U.S. speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi through the Roturnda of the building.

https://conandaily.com/2021/01/07/adam-johnson-biography-13-things-about-donald-trump-supporter-from-parrish-florida/

BrightKnight

(3,567 posts)
6. It is not Pelosi's lectern. It is the Speaker's lectern and he is not the Speaker.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 12:09 PM
Jan 2021

Also, his new home will not belong to him. It will belong to the DoJ and the FBoP.

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