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Source: Associated Press
Capitol riot trial starts for man with feet on Pelosi desk
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
January 10, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) An Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol planned the trip for weeks and came prepared for violence, a prosecutor said Tuesday as his trial got underway.
Richard Bigo Barnett had a stun gun tucked into his pants when he stormed the Capitol, invaded Pelosis office and posed for a photo that became one of the attacks more well-known images, prosecutors said. He also took a piece of her mail and left behind a note that said, Nancy, Bigo was here, prosecutors said. Barnett punctuated the message with a sexist expletive.
The defendant violated that space, said prosecutor Alison Prout during opening statements. He came prepared for violence.
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A grand jury indicted Barnett on eight charges, including felony counts of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. He also faces a charge of entering and remaining in restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon the stun gun with spikes concealed within a collapsible walking stick.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-nancy-pelosi-protests-and-demonstrations-violence-f9f707a48dee104bba7432e941b0d472
Aristus
(66,381 posts)I want him to wish he had never been born. God knows, I wish he had never been born...
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)I mean this is great... but whoever smeared feces left a DNA sample...
LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)Imagine living the rest of your life as "the poo poo guy".
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)My husband gets a great laugh from it every time.
There have been a lot of "poo poo" moments since 2016, but now, thanks to the former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, we know EXACTLY how to describe them.
Wife, Mom, Grandma, Speaker... and she brought humanity, kindness and firm discipline to all these roles.
3Hotdogs
(12,390 posts)He went outside, used a bullhorn to tell his fellow patriots that he did it.
Botany
(70,516 posts)Richard Barnett, who kicked up his feet on a desk in Speaker Pelosis office, had a stun gun at the time. The man photographed kicking his foot up on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosis office asked a federal judge not to let prosecutors mention the U.S. Capitol police officers who died after Jan. 6, 2021.
https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/accused-rioter-seen-storming-pelosis-office...
And didn't he have something to do with spreading shit on the walls of the Speaker's office.
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)should be posted on his cell door so that every time he has to enter after his 'meal time' and 'yard time' he gets reminded of what an F-ing idiot he is - and I'm hoping he's looking at it for 6-10 years!
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Botany
(70,516 posts)...was here, you B****."*
And in his own alcohol/meth/gasoline fumes polluted brain he thought what he was doing was ok because,
"Nancy P is liberal from California who likes them n*****s and queers."
* https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/crime/richard-barnett-jan-6-riot-new-charge/527-b5034cfb-80a8-4604-b217-ead66c50f5ad
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,817 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)and his newly sworn in governor just issued an executive order banning the teaching of CRT in colleges
John1956PA
(2,654 posts)Also, I believe that, as he sat at The Speaker's desk, he said, "She is not using it [properly?] so I am taking it on behalf of the American people."
His judgment has no doubt been poisoned by RW propaganda.
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)70sEraVet
(3,503 posts)I hope these questions get asked, along with any pertinent evidence of his motives.
J6 could well have ended with the savage murder of some of the members of Congress that the mob was hunting for. As it is, several Capitol Police officers lost their lives (and yes, A jury SHOULD be reminded of that fact)!