on wednesday, during the chaos and violence at the us capitol sparked by supporters of donald trump, a man broke into the office of house speaker nancy pelosi, sat on her chair, left her a message on his desk and then left the building with an envelope that he allegedly took from his office.
In what is widely seen as an attack on democracy, a flag-waving mob tore down barricades outside the capitol and stormed inside where a congressional session was taking place to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. they razed the usually solemn legislative offices and floors. Police have now evicted the last of Trump’s supporters from the US Capitol after they stormed the building and disrupted Congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory.
one of the mobsters had managed to get into pelosi’s office and spent quite some time there before leaving the building. The man has been identified as Richard Bigo Barnett. As the New York Times reports, the 60-year-old stood outside the building with his shirt torn and bragged about being in Pelosi’s office.
In photos initially taken by Getty that have now gone viral on social media, Barnett can be seen holding a crumpled envelope bearing Pelosi’s name. she took it from her office. however, he has insisted that she did not steal it because she left a quarter on his desk instead.
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The viral photos also show that Barnett left a message for Pelosi on her desk. On a notepad, she wrote, “We won’t back down.”
He was reportedly caught when police stormed in with pepper spray.
The terrorist who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s office and the note he left… pic.twitter.com/tpe5xdphi3
— sheabuttababy (@solo_kalin) January 6, 2021
now they are taking selfies in nancy pelosi’s office pic.twitter.com/cjikvdhvid
— storm the facemask lovin gryphon (@stormgryphon) January 6, 2021
pelosi office. wow. pic.twitter.com/7jbi4u6tjh
—Andrew Potter (@andrewpotternz) January 6, 2021
rioters have breached nancy pelosi’s office. your location is unknown at this time.
They left a message saying they won’t back down. pic.twitter.com/qcvahhujxt
— david hookstead (@dhookstead) January 6, 2021
This guy is just chilling in Pelosi’s office. This can not be real. we are living in a real feature film. pic.twitter.com/niqitflo5d
— jess elizabeth (@jslzbth) January 6, 2021
the man photographed inside rep. Nancy Pelosi’s office during protests in D.C. is from northwestern #arkansas.
benton county republicans identified the man as richard barnett with @knwafox24. he showed the envelope he took from his office. (photos via @allmattnyt/getty) #arnews pic.twitter.com/0qng8y2oht
— alexis wainwright (@awainwrighttv) January 6, 2021
inside pelosi’s office (house speaker) pic.twitter.com/1cnqfbk7da
— simmererin (@erin_simmer) January 6, 2021
This is inside Pelosi’s office.
(The photographer is saul loeb, via getty.) pic.twitter.com/oqoojibqgh
— ed tubb (@edtubb) January 6, 2021
That’s Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Ak., holding up the personalized envelope he took from Speaker Pelosi’s office. he insisted he didn’t steal it: “I left a quarter on his desk.” pic.twitter.com/gwjuwcdmj1 pic.twitter.com/izp9njvpet pic.twitter.com/tqmfxzs1qc
— 💫 ₮ⱧɆ_Ɽ₳vɆ₦ 💫 (@the_raven42) January 6, 2021
The man has been identified as a trump supporter, according to reports. In November 2020, he was interviewed at a pro-Trump rally by local channel KNWA, where he also endorsed Trump’s many claims of voter fraud in the US election.
dc mayor muriel bowser announced that she will extend the public emergency to 15 days, as a result of rioters seizing the us capitol building. uu. the present day. This will take the emergency declaration until the day after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated.
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