{"id":541186,"date":"2023-01-20T05:13:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T02:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/propping-feet-on-pelosi-desk-was-mistake-man-testifies\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T05:13:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T02:13:12","slug":"propping-feet-on-pelosi-desk-was-mistake-man-testifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/propping-feet-on-pelosi-desk-was-mistake-man-testifies\/","title":{"rendered":"#Propping feet on Pelosi desk was mistake, man testifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccc2a6926e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccc2a6926e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/propping-feet-on-pelosi-desk-was-mistake-man-testifies\/#Propping_feet_on_Pelosi_desk_was_mistake_man_testifies\" >Propping feet on Pelosi desk was mistake, man testifies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Propping_feet_on_Pelosi_desk_was_mistake_man_testifies\"><\/span>Propping feet on Pelosi desk was mistake, man testifies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 An Arkansas man testified Thursday that he was \u201cgoing with the flow\u201d when he propped up his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s office, posing for photographs that made him one of the most memorable figures from the U.S. Capitol riot two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>On the witness stand at his trial on riot-related charges, Richard \u201cBigo\u201d Barnett said he was looking for a bathroom inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when he unwittingly entered Pelosi&#8217;s office and encountered two <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> photographers. He said one of the photographers told him to \u201cact natural,\u201d so he lounged back in a chair and flung his legs onto the desk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid it dawn on you that what you were doing could cause some trouble?\u201d defense attorney Joseph McBride asked Barnett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just in the moment,\u201d Barnett replied. \u201cI&#8217;m just kind of going with the flow at this point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Michael Gordon showed an online post in which Barnett declared anyone who \u201cdoes not support the Constitution\u201d to be his enemy. Asked how well he knew the document himself, Barnett eventually acknowledged that he knew the First and Second Amendments well, but had little knowledge of others.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett, a retired firefighter from Gravette, Arkansas, is one of more than 900 people charged with federal crimes for their conduct at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Nearly 500 of them have pleaded guilty. Barnett is one of several dozen Capitol riot defendants whose case has gone to trial.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett&#8217;s trial played out in the same courthouse as two other high-profile trials stemming from the riot. A jury began deliberating in the seditious conspiracy case against a second group of members of the far-right Oath Keepers. Meanwhile, a documentary filmmaker testified in the seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and four associates.<\/p>\n<p>In Barnett&#8217;s case, prosecutors said the 62-year-old had a stun gun tucked into his pants when he stormed the Capitol, invaded Pelosi\u2019s office and posed for a photo that became one of the attack\u2019s best-known images. He also took a piece of her mail and left behind a note that said, \u201cNancy, Bigo was here,\u201d prosecutors said. Barnett punctuated the message with a sexist expletive.<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving Capitol grounds, Barnett used a bullhorn to give a speech to the crowd, shouting, \u201cWe took back our house, and I took Nancy Pelosi\u2019s office!\u201d according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett, testifying near the end of his trial, said he regrets coming to Washington for the \u201cStop the Steal\u201d rally where then-President Donald Trump addressed a crowd of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo years of lost life. Misery for my family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed regret for using vulgar language in his note to Pelosi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably shouldn&#8217;t have put my feet on the desk,\u201d Barnett said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by Gordon whether he regretted entering the Capitol, Barnett insisted he was swept along with the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not regret getting pushed in,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A grand jury indicted Barnett on eight charges, including felony counts of civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding. He also faces a charge of entering and remaining in restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon \u2014 the stun gun with spikes concealed within a collapsible walking stick.<\/p>\n<p>In opening statements for the trial, a prosecutor said Tuesday that Barnett planned the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> for weeks and came prepared for violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defendant violated that space,\u201d prosecutor Alison Prout said.<\/p>\n<p>McBride told jurors on Wednesday that Barnett was just a \u201ccrazy guy from Arkansas\u201d who didn&#8217;t hurt anybody on Jan. 6 and couldn&#8217;t have harmed anybody with the stun gun device because it was broken that day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re not asking you to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>rove of his actions,\u201d McBride said, calling it \u201cthe most famous trespass case of all time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barnett said the crowd of Trump supporters leaving the rally was in a jovial mood as they approached the Capitol. He said he became angry after he heard a loud bang and saw what appeared to be police officers firing tear gas at the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt flipped my world upside down,&#8221; Barnett said, calling it his first experience with police brutality after years of being a firefighter. \u201cI went in full crisis mode.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Barnett said videos show that the crowd pushed him into the Capitol as the approached an entrance, causing him to briefly fall to his knees as he crossed the threshold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no choice!\u201d he shouted repeatedly on the video as he entered the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett said he didn&#8217;t realize he had wandered into Pelosi&#8217;s office until one of the photographers asked him if he knew where he was and he spotted empty envelopes with Pelosi&#8217;s name on them,<\/p>\n<p>After police ordered him and others to leave Pelosi&#8217;s office, Barnett realized he had left his American flag behind. Body camera video captured Barnett shouting at a police officer in the Rotunda for help in retrieving the flag.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Barnett had a history of arming himself at political demonstrations before the Jan. 6 attack. In July 2020, they said, a 911 caller reported that a man matching Barnett\u2019s description had pointed a rifle at her during a \u201cBack the Blue\u201d rally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw enforcement ultimately closed the investigation as unfounded due to unresolved apparent discrepancies in the evidence,\u201d prosecutors wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2020, police were called to a \u201cSave the Children\u201d rally when a caller said Barnett was carrying a gun at the protest and acting suspiciously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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