A man in one of the most memorable images from the January 6th attack in the U-S Capitol is set to spend years in prison.
WASHINGTON – A federal judge sentenced Richard “Bigo” Barnett, one of the most infamous Capitol rioters, on Wednesday to 54 months in prison after he was photographed putting his feet up on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s suite of offices and jotted her an insulting note in which he referred to her as a "biotch."
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper basically split the difference between prosecution and defense requests.
Prosecutors had sought a sentence of more than seven years. But lawyers for Barnett, 63, a retired firefighter and bull rider from Gravette, Arkansas, argued for a sentence of up to one year, with credit for the four months he was jailed before trial.
Barnett was convicted in January of eight charges, including obstructing an official proceeding and entering a restricted building with a dangerous weapon. The most serious of the charges carried a maximum 20-year sentence.
The hearing tested the severity of punishment for one of the highest-profile defendants from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, who carried a dangerous weapon but wasn’t charged with assaulting anyone.
One police officer’s body-worn camera recorded Barnett inside the Capitol.
“We’re are war, pick a side,” Barnett told police. “Don’t be on the wrong side, you’re gonna get hurt.”
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