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WASHINGTON – A federal judge sentenced Richard “BigO” Barnett of Gravette to jail time and a fine in federal court Wednesday.
The sentence in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was for 54 months for Barnett’s part in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.
Barnett’s attorneys had moved for an acquittal and retrial on Monday. That request was denied by the court on Tuesday.
The 62-year-old Barnett had been found guilty by a jury on Jan. 23 of eight charges including theft of government property and civil disorder for his actions on Jan. 6. Famously, Barnett had been pictured with his feet on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk.
Evidence at trial included a note Barnett had placed on Pelosi’s desk stating “Hey Nancy, BigO was here” and an envelope from the office he was seen holding during an on-camera interview later in the day outside the Capitol.
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