Side-by-side collage of Richard Barnett mug shot and Barnett in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. (Getty Images/Washington County Sheriff's Office)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas man photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the riot at the U.S.
Capitol last week was put under house arrest Friday as he awaits trial.U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Wiedemann set a $5,000 bond for Richard Barnett and confined him to his home in Gravette, Arkansas, with a GPS monitor to track his location.
Wiedemann also prohibited Barnett from using the internet or having contact with anyone else who participated in the Jan. 6 violence.Federal prosecutors indicated the Justice Department planned to appeal the order, but Wiedemann.