Man Who Posed for Photos at Desk in Pelosi’s Office Arrested

Richard Barnett, a protestor sits inside the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi inside the Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—A man photographed sitting at an aide’s desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Washington protests on Jan. 6 has been arrested and faces multiple charges, according to federal officials.

Richard Barnett from Arkansas was arrested this morning in Little Rock, Arkansas, said Ken Kohl, first assistant for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, on Jan. 8.