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Arkansas Man Who Put Feet on Desk in Pelosi’s Office Gets 4.5 Years in Prison

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Arkansas Man Who Put Feet on Desk in Pelosi’s Office Gets 4.5 Years in Prison
Richard "Bigo" Barnett sits inside the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protests at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Joseph M. Hanneman
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An Arkansas man famously photographed with his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 54 months in prison on May 24.

Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 62, of Gravette, Arkansas, also was ordered to serve 36 months of supervised release and fined $2,000 by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington.

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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