Jan. 6 defendant who put foot on desk in Pelosi's office to be sentenced

Washington — An Arkansas man who was photographed propping his foot on a desk in the House speaker's office during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is due to be sentenced on Wednesday, months after his conviction on numerous felony counts.

Richard "Bigo" Barnett is set to appear before Judge Christopher Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the afternoon. A photo of Barnett seated at a desk in then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office became one of the most indelible images of Jan. 6.

Prosecutors asked the judge to impose a sentence of more than seven years behind bars, noting he admitted to entering the Capitol wielding a stun gun and carrying an American flag.