WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man photographed carrying a lectern belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection pleaded guilty Monday for his part in the riot.
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Adam Johnson, 36, pleaded guilty in Washington federal court to one count of entering or remaining in any restricted building, according to court records. Sentencing guidelines in the plea agreement call for up to six months in prison for the Parrish man, but a judge will make a final decision at a hearing scheduled for Feb. 25.
A plea agreement recommends that Johnson pay $500 restitution for his share of the damage. Prosecutors have said the riot caused nearly $1.5 million in damage to the U.S. Capitol.
Authorities say Pelosi’s offices were among those breached by the mob objecting to Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory over former Republican President Donald Trump. Five people died in the violence.
A photo that circulated around the world after the violent uprising showed a grinning, waving man identified as Johnson carrying the lectern through the Capitol rotunda with the clearly visible words “Seal of the Speaker United States House of Representatives.” In the photo, Johnson is wearing a knit cap that says “Trump” on it.
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A second photo shows Johnson posing with a sign in the Capitol that says “closed to all tours.”
Johnson was quickly identified by acquaintances through social media, according to the FBI. He was arrested two days after the riot.
The wooden lectern, valued at about $1,000, was later recovered undamaged in a hallway on the Senate side of the Capitol, officials said.
Lecturn? It was a shtender.
Why only 6 months?
The fellow is a hero. These democRATic rats have been burning down stores and looting galore. That’s ok. But this hero is tired of these liberal skunk politicians and lifts up a wooden shtender and he is hunted down. This country. Is history if Trump don’t get elected. Crime will surge everywhere including Toms River and Monsey. Don’t kid yourself. People are living in a bubble. Vaccines are coming to yeshivas if they want to remain open as well as Toeiva education. These DemocRATs are evil to the core.
He attacked my country. I would prefer he never see the sun again.
Someone who was literally on a מלחמת-מצוה by definition cannot be guilty, and has no place in prison.
Pathetic to charge a guy for a very cool photo op. Crazy country we live in