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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst and Michael Kunzelman

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Capitol riot trial starts for man with feet on pelosi desk | History Defined

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An Arkansas man who propped his feet on a desk then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol planned the trip for weeks and came prepared for violence, a prosecutor said Tuesday as his trial got underway.

Richard “Bigo” Barnett had a stun gun tucked into his pants when he stormed the Capitol, invaded Pelosi's office and posed for a photo that became one of the attack's more well-known images, prosecutors said. He also took a piece of her mail and left behind a note that said, “Nancy, Bigo was here," prosecutors said. Barnett punctuated the message with a sexist expletive.

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