US Rioter Who Put His Feet On Nancy Pelosi's Desk Gets 4.5 Years In Jail
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Richard Barnett, 63, was leaning back in a chair with his boots propped up on a desk in the office of the Democratic politician when he had his picture taken by an AFP photographer.
An Arkansas man photographed with his feet on a desk in House speaker Nancy Pelosi's office after joining the mob that barged into the US Capitol in 2021 was sentenced on Wednesday to four and a half years in prison.
Richard Barnett, 63, was leaning back in a chair with his boots propped up on a desk in the office of the Democratic politician when he had his picture taken by an AFP photographer.
The photo became one of the iconic images of the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
Barnett had joined supporters of then-president Donald Trump who stormed Congress to shut down the legislature as it convened to certify Democrat Joe Biden as the next US president.
