Donald Trump’s supporter sentenced to 20 years for stepping foot on US speaker’s table


US Nancy Pelosi: During the year 2021 in America, a march was organized in the US Capital. Hundreds of people gathered in this march. During that time, in the office of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a person named Richard Barnett got the photo clicked by placing his foot on the table. On this charge, he has been sentenced to 54 months on Wednesday (May 24).

Richard Barnett is a 63-year-old veteran who on January 6, 2021, took off his shoes near his office desk in US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in front of an AFP photographer and clicked the photo.

Sentenced in total 8 cases
Richard Barnett has been convicted on 7 other counts in addition to the footing charges. In this way, after being found guilty in a total of 8 cases, Barnett has been sentenced to a total of 20 years. Richard Barnett was among supporters of then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, who were part of a march to shut down Washington’s offices and halls.

This march was taken out when the name of Joe Biden was about to be approved as the next President. Barnett was thus convicted by a Washington court on charges of obstructing Congressional certification at the time of election, unlawfully entering the Capitol, and using a dangerous electric stun weapon.

7 year sentence request
Richard Barnett wrote a scathing note about Nancy Pelosi, in which he called her a bitch. Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of more than seven years for Richard Barnett, but he was reduced to 54 months in prison for being a retired firefighter and bull rider and having to serve one year and four months before .

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