WASHINGTON (KNWA/KFTA) — Richard Barnett, 60, from Gravette, Arkansas, has been indicted by a grand jury on eight charges for his role in the D.C. riots on January 6.
The felony indictment from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has five additional crimes listed:
- Obstruction of an official proceeding
- Aiding and abetting
- Entering and remaining in a certain room in the Capitol building
- Disorderly/Disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon
- Parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building
ORIGINAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS 1/7/2021
- 18 U.S.C. 1752(a): Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority
- 40 U.S.C. 5104(e)(2): Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds
- 18 U.S.C. 641: Theft of Public Money, Property, or Records
A federal grand jury was sworn in on January 8, in D.C., the charges were filed on January 29.
Barnett is the man who was pictured at several locations around the Capitol, during Tuesday’s melee, but the most memorable is where he is in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office sitting with his left leg perched on a desk.
Barnett was in the Washington County Detention Center from January 8 to the 18. He was then transferred to the D.C. Central Detention Facility. The D.C. Department of Corrections oversees this jail.
The Gravette resident will remain in custody until his trial. Barnett is represented by New York attorney Anthony Siano.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STATEMENT OF FACTS
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(Note: The first two charges are now one charge, filed under 18 U.S.C. 1512(c)(2) and 2, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, respectively. Barnett, on Friday, Feb. 5, pleaded “not guilty” to seven charges.)
