The Justice Department says Richard Barnett, identified as the man who sat at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the siege of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump extremists, has been arrested (article available here).
Barnett was taken into custody in his home state of Arkansas. His identity and place of residence became a hot topic of discussion online, sparked by the striking photo of him with his feet up on the desk.
Barnett is charged with entering a restricted area, along with "violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds" and "theft of public money, property, or records." The Justice Department notes that he "allegedly entered a restricted area of the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi." After exiting the Capitol, Barnett spoke in a profanity-laced video to The New York Times about being in Pelosi's office, waving a piece of mail he said he had taken.
Barnett is being held at the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Fayetteville, Ark., according to Charlie Robbins of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Arkansas.