The Arkansas man who was pictured in Nancy Pelosi’s office with his legs up on her table during the mob storming of the Capitol was arrested Friday, according to U.S. Justice Department officials.
Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Ark. was arrested in Little Rock, Ark. Friday and charged with entering and remaining on restricted grounds, violent entry, and theft of public property.
“The shocking images of Mr. Barnett with his boots up on a desk in the Speaker of the House’s office on Wednesday was repulsive,” said Jeffrey A. Rosen, the recently Trump-appointed Acting Attorney General. “Those who are proven to have committed criminal acts during the storming of the Capitol will face justice.”
Barnett, after coming to Washington from Gravette, said he took an envelope with Pelosi’s letterhead from the desk, leaving behind a quarter to cover its cost. The rioter claimed he was pushed into Pelosi’s office by the crowd in the hallway, though he acknowledged the tale was unlikely to appease law enforcement.
“I’ll probably be telling them this is what happened all the way to the D.C. jail,” he acknowledged.
