Arkansas man faces January trial in Capitol riot

A federal choose has agreed to delay the trial of a Gravette man charged within the Jan. 6, 2021, rebel on the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. District Choose Christopher R. Cooper agreed Tuesday to postpone Richard “Bigo” Barnett‘s trial scheduled for Dec. 9 and to reschedule it for Jan. 4 in Washington.

Barnett is the man who posed for photos together with his toes propped up on Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s desk. “Barnett additionally drafted a profane observe for Speaker Pelosi and left with an official envelope addressed from her to a fellow Home member,” Cooper wrote.

Barnett is charged with seven counts, together with obstruction of an official continuing, getting into a restricted constructing with a lethal or harmful weapon and theft of presidency property.

Barnett had earlier unsuccessfully sought to have the entire expenses dismissed. Instead, he requested that the trial be held in western Arkansas, close to his residence. However the choose balked at that request.

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