Jan. 6 rioter who sat at Pelosi’s desk sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison

The man who sat and put his feet up on Nancy Pelosi’s desk during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half years in prison. Richard Barnett, 63, had been convicted on numerous felony and misdemeanor charges earlier this year. He faced a maximum sentence of 47 years in prison, though prosecutors only argued for a seven-year term. The longest prison sentence imposed on a Jan. 6 rioter so far is 14 years. Barnett became one of the faces of the right-wing rendezvous when he was photographed lounging in Pelosi’s chair. The California Democrat was the speaker of...