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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 Floridas Manatee County identified the man as Adam Christian Johnson, 36, from Parrish. WIN MCNAMEE GETTY IMAGES
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Florida resident Adam Christian Johnson, the man captured in viral photo carrying Speaker Nancy Pelosis 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, Johnsons 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
C_U_L8R
(45,025 posts)Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)Pissing and moaning how they are all misunderstood.
idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)Deuxcents
(16,370 posts)Did he ever once think about them?
Cattledog
(5,919 posts)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 Trumps 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 Bidens 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)Also, his new home will not belong to him. It will belong to the DoJ and the FBoP.