In the United States, a man was detained who, during the storming of the Capitol building in Washington, threw his legs on the table of the speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. This was announced on Friday, January 8, by CBS News.
A riot participant said that he took an envelope from the table and “left a quarter” because he was not a thief to take things just like that. He also left an “unpleasant note” for Pelosi.
A photo of a man with his legs thrown on the Pelosi table was published by many world media outlets.
According to NBC News, 60-year-old Richard Barnett from Arkansas was detained. He has already been charged with a number of charges, in particular, intentional entry, violent entry and hooliganism on the territory of the Capitol, as well as theft of state property.
According to The Washington Post, Barnett supports the current US President Donald Trump, he has repeatedly published and repost records of election fraud and claimed the existence of a “mountain of evidence” of fraud in the presidential elections.
Riots in Washington erupted on January 6 during the debate in Congress on the results of the presidential election. Legislators had to end debate as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
The police were forced to use tear gas and stun grenades. Four people were killed in the riots. Several law enforcement officers were hospitalized with serious injuries, one policeman subsequently died.
On January 8, it became known that the Democrats intend to impeach the incumbent head of state for “inciting mutiny.”