2023-05-24 23:01:59
Four years in prison for one of the symbols of the Capitol assault
Richard Benett, the man who put his feet on Nancy Pelosi’s desk during the Capitol storming, was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half years in prison.
During his trial, Richard Barnett was defiant, claiming to have been “pushed inside” the Capitol by the crowd.
AFP
The American Richard Barnett, who had been immortalized with his feet on a table in the office of the elected Democrat Nancy Pelosi during the storming of the Capitol, was sentenced on Wednesday to four and a half years in prison.
The cliché had gone around the world and allowed the police to arrest him quickly. According to the indictment, this supporter of the Qanon conspiracy movement had left an insulting message to the Democrat and stolen an envelope she had signed.
$100 autograph
Earlier this year, he was tried in federal court in Washington and found guilty of, among other things, “obstructing official process”, “theft” and “trespassing on an official building with a dangerous weapon”. », in this case a walking stick capable of sending electric shocks.
During his trial, the 60-year-old was defiant, claiming to have been “pushed inside” the Capitol by the crowd. He showed no regrets and “sought to capitalize on his notoriety” by trying to sell copies of the famous autographed photo for $100, prosecutors said in an indictment sent to the judge ahead of sentencing. .
More than 1,000 people have been arrested since the attack and nearly 300 sentenced to prison terms, with a maximum of 14 years for a man who already had a lengthy criminal record. On Thursday, it will be the turn of the founder of the far-right militia Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, to be fixed on his sentence and he might receive a much heavier sentence. In November, he was found guilty of “sedition”, a rare and serious charge, and prosecutors requested 25 years in prison.
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