The man photographed inserting his toes on prime of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk in the course of the Capitol occupation has been ordered to remain behind bars as proceedings over his trial proceed.
Chief US District Court Judge Beryl Howell ordered Richard Barnett be held with out bail till trial.
“His entitled behaviour that he exhibited in videos and photographs when inside the Capitol show a total disregard for the law, a total disregard for the US Constitution,” Howell stated throughout a Thursday listening to over an enchantment to a decrease courtroom’s ruling that Barnett stays behind bars.
“He not only entered the Capitol without authorisation, but he strutted into the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,” Howell, who Politico reported as “brimming with anger” over the Capitol revolt, stated.
“He felt so entitled, he put his feet on the desk. He felt so entitled, he picked up her mail and walked off with a piece of mail.”
This undated picture supplied by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office exhibits Arkansas resident Richard Barnett, who was taken into custody on Friday, January 8, 2021, after he was charged by federal prosecutors for storming the US Capitol [File: Washington County Sheriff’s Office via AP Photo]Barnett, of Arkansas, beforehand instructed native information he “threw my feet up on the desk” after coming into Pelosi’s workplace, the place he seen he was bleeding. This induced him to select “up the envelope and put it in my pocket, and I put a quarter on the desk cause (sic) I’m not a thief”.
The riot occurred as a joint session of Congress met to certify President Joe Biden’s electoral victory after months of former President Donald Trump and his allies repeating unfounded claims the election was stolen.
A California gymnasium proprietor beforehand identified for violating COVID-19 restrictions was arrested and charged for his alleged position within the January 6 Capitol revolt and accused of constructing feedback about plans to occupy the grounds as early as December.
Jacob Lewis, 37, faces expenses of knowingly coming into or remaining in any restricted constructing or grounds with out lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, in accordance with a federal grievance launched on Wednesday.
The grievance options an affidavit from an FBI agent whose title is redacted. It notes Lewis was carrying a brilliant crimson “Trump” hat in the course of the storming of the Capitol, which aided in his identification.
Jacob Lewis, 37, a resident of Victorville CA (proprietor of “The Gym HD” in Victorville) has been arrested. pic.twitter.com/7EJ5DcghvQ
— Operation Veracity
(@OPSVeracity49th) January 28, 2021
Five folks died because of the riot, together with one Capitol police officer.
The affidavit says authorities obtained a tip from a pal of Lewis that he had flown to Washington, DC, from Victorville, California forward of the rally.
Lewis beforehand obtained consideration when he opened The Gym HD in Victorville, on May 1, regardless of orders to maintain companies and gymnasiums shut to assist stop the unfold of COVID-19.
The affidavit appears to counsel rioters had plans to occupy the US seat of presidency as early as December.
“This person stated that during a conversation in December 2020, [Lewis] told them to ‘watch what happens to the Capitol on the 6th. This person said that [Lewis] had shown them pictures of firearms and previously asked them if they could get [Lewis] ammunition,” the doc says.
Jacob Lewis, 37, of #Victorville, was arrested in the present day by FBI Agents for his position on the U.S. Capitol on 1/6. Lewis was launched on 50Ok bond & ordered to seem just about on 2/10 earlier than a D.C. courtroom. The felony grievance charging Lewis could be discovered right here: https://t.co/YK0gIrQLF1
— FBI Los Angeles (@FBILosAngeles) January 28, 2021
According to the affidavit, Lewis “stated that he was never told that he could not enter, and that he was ‘escorted’ by the Police in the building” and he “did not partake in any violence while he was in the building and that he believed that some individuals involved in agitating were Antifa members in disguise.”
Antifa, brief for Anti-Fascist, is a free group of far-left activists who typically use violence in confrontations with the far proper. Claims they have been accountable for the violence are unfounded.
Law enforcement has confronted criticism for inaction on plans to occupy the Capitol, a lot of which was executed on publicly out there on-line boards.
Interim Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman apologised on Tuesday for “failures” in the course of the riot, together with a scarcity of manpower and provides, lax enforcement of a lockdown issued in the course of the revolt and no ample communication plan.
Acting head of the FBI, Steven D’Antuono, instructed reporters at a information convention the FBI warned native legislation enforcement in regards to the dangers when requested in regards to the topic per week after the riot.
Supporters of US President Donald Trump collect on the west entrance of the Capitol throughout a ‘Stop the Steal’ protest exterior of the Capitol constructing in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021 [File: Stephanie Keith/Reuters]Roughly 100 folks have been arrested and face federal expenses, in accordance with the Justice Department’s web site. More are anticipated to observe.
The US Department of Homeland Security, just like inside ministries in different nations, warned of “domestic extremist violence” within the coming months in a bulletin launched on Wednesday.