US Capitol rioter photographed in Pelosi’s office sentenced to over four years

US Capitol rioter photographed in Pelosi’s office sentenced to over four years
An Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in a widely circulated photo from the US Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than four years in prison (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

An Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in a widely circulated photo from the US Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than four years in prison.

Richard “Bigo” Barnett became one of the faces of the January 6 riot by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, and US District Judge Christopher Cooper said in announcing that sentence that Barnett seemed at times to enjoy the notoriety.

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