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Eugene

(61,899 posts)
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 06:50 PM Jan 2023

Richard "Bigo" Barnett: Capitol riot trial starts for man with feet on Pelosi desk

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 Pelosi’s 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 Pelosi’s office and posed for a photo that became one of the attack’s 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.”

-snip-

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

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Richard "Bigo" Barnett: Capitol riot trial starts for man with feet on Pelosi desk (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2023 OP
Man, I hope they land on him like a runaway planet. Aristus Jan 2023 #1
Has "poo poo" guy been arrested yet? TigressDem Jan 2023 #2
Holy cow this made me laugh. LuckyCharms Jan 2023 #7
Stephen Colbert uses her soundbite a lot. TigressDem Jan 2023 #8
What can his defense possibly be? 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #3
Fuck Him: "Richard Bigo Barnett Wants Dead Police Out of Jan. 6 Trial" Botany Jan 2023 #4
That picture...... MyOwnPeace Jan 2023 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Botany Jan 2023 #11
He also reportedly took an envelope from Pelosi's office and left a note that said, "Nancy, Bigo ... Botany Jan 2023 #12
Hope this prick goes away for a long time. The Unmitigated Gall Jan 2023 #5
He doesn't appear to be very intelligent. LuckyCharms Jan 2023 #6
Arkansas CatWoman Jan 2023 #10
I believe I read that he was not granted bail. John1956PA Jan 2023 #13
Can't he be charged with mail theft too? BigmanPigman Jan 2023 #14
Why did he go to Pelosi's office? Hunting for her? Or just to leave her a note? 70sEraVet Jan 2023 #15
Lock him up!!!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 #16

Aristus

(66,381 posts)
1. Man, I hope they land on him like a runaway planet.
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 06:53 PM
Jan 2023

I want him to wish he had never been born. God knows, I wish he had never been born...

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
2. Has "poo poo" guy been arrested yet?
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 06:58 PM
Jan 2023

I mean this is great... but whoever smeared feces left a DNA sample...

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
8. Stephen Colbert uses her soundbite a lot.
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 07:07 PM
Jan 2023

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)
3. What can his defense possibly be?
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 06:59 PM
Jan 2023

He went outside, used a bullhorn to tell his fellow patriots that he did it.

Botany

(70,516 posts)
4. Fuck Him: "Richard Bigo Barnett Wants Dead Police Out of Jan. 6 Trial"
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 07:00 PM
Jan 2023

Richard Barnett, who kicked up his feet on a desk in Speaker Pelosi’s office, had a stun gun at the time. The man photographed kicking his foot up on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 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)
9. That picture......
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 07:12 PM
Jan 2023

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!

Response to MyOwnPeace (Reply #9)

Botany

(70,516 posts)
12. He also reportedly took an envelope from Pelosi's office and left a note that said, "Nancy, Bigo ...
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 07:30 PM
Jan 2023

...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

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
10. Arkansas
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 07:15 PM
Jan 2023

and his newly sworn in governor just issued an executive order banning the teaching of CRT in colleges

John1956PA

(2,654 posts)
13. I believe I read that he was not granted bail.
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 07:41 PM
Jan 2023

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.


70sEraVet

(3,503 posts)
15. Why did he go to Pelosi's office? Hunting for her? Or just to leave her a note?
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 07:59 PM
Jan 2023

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)!
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