DOJ Offers 70- to 87-Month Prison Sentence to Man Photographed With Feet Up in Nancy Pelosi’s Office

DOJ Offers 70- to 87-Month Prison Sentence to Man Photographed With Feet Up in Nancy Pelosi’s Office
Richard 'Bigo' Barnett poses for photos in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Jan. 6, 2021. He would have received roughly six to seven years in prison under a plea offer that his attorney called "ridiculous." U.S. Department of Justice/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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Richard ‘Bigo’ Barnett, the Arkansas man photographed with his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) office on Jan. 6, 2021, rejected a plea agreement offered by the Department of Justice that would have seen him spend 70 to 87 months in prison.

Barnett, 61, of Gravette, Arkansas, faces three charges stemming from the U.S. Capitol breach, including knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds while armed with a dangerous weapon, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and theft of public money, property, or records.

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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