Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol

“I wrote her a disgusting note and put my feet on her desk,” said Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravat, Arkansas, who stood outside the Capitol building. Barnett, known as “Bigo,” describes himself on the network as a “white nationalist” and has stated he will run for governor of Arkansas next year.

In some photos he posted online he was seen at demonstrations with semi-automatic rifles. “I wrote to her ‘Pelosi, Bigo was here, bitch.'” He waved an envelope with a letter from Pelosi who took her office, insisting that he “paid” for the loot he took with him and did not steal. “I put 25 cents on her desk,” he said.

Barnett laughed as he shared with his protesting friends his “story of heroism.” His face was swollen from pepper spray and his shirt was torn. He said that when the police arrived to evacuate the invaders, “I said, ‘I paid for it, it’s mine’ and left” with the loot. Though he bragged to his friends, he claimed he was just standing in the doorway of Pelosi’s office and pushed inside by the crowd. “I’ll say that’s what happened, until jail time,” he said.

On social media, 32-year-old Angeli defines himself as an actor and singer. He has become a regular participant and a familiar figure in right-wing rallies in recent times, to which he comes with a fur hat and horns and with paint on his face – which have become his trademark. At one point tonight Angeli is seen standing on the Senate podium, holding a spear on which a U.S. flag has been hung.

In an interview last year, Angeli said he walks around in disguise to get attention. So, he says, he can talk to people about QAnon and other conspiracy theories. Angeli was reportedly among the leaders of the assault on the Capitol, while officers remained helpless in front of the crowd. He claimed tonight that at one point police stopped trying to block him and the rest of Trump supporters and put them in the building. Later, he claimed, the police politely asked him to leave.

Both Angeli and Brent are ardent supporters of Trump and have been seen in other demonstrations in support of Trump’s repeated unfounded claims that the election was “stolen” from him. Angeli also attended rallies in Arizona calling for the cancellation of the presidential election results, after Trump refused to admit he lost and made unfounded allegations of fraud. At a rally in February, Angeli was documented waving a sign that read “Q sent me,” referring to QAnon. In a photo posted on his Facebook account in November, Angeli is seen shaking hands with Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Another intruder identified is Adam Johnson of Florida, a graduate of psychology. In photos he posted online, and deleted, he is seen next to a sign in the building that reads “closed to tours.” Dozens of other Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol building have yet to be identified. During the chaos in the Capitol, another vocal Trump supporter, Lee Ann Luck, shouted in protest outside Joe Biden’s victory, disguised as a Statue of Liberty.

What happened in the Capitol was nothing short of a coup attempt, lawmakers said. “The U.S. Capitol, the world’s largest symbol of self-government, has been looted, while free world leaders have been hiding behind keyboards,” several members of the House of Representatives, Republicans and Democrats, said in a joint statement.

90 minutes have passed since the lawmakers were evacuated from the Capitol until Trump posted a video in which he addressed the rioters and asked them to go home. After a few hours, the security forces regained control of the place. Police said two pipe bombs were found, one in the area of ​​the Democratic Party headquarters and the other in the area of ​​the Republican Party headquarters. A container with weapons and a Molotov cocktail was located in the Capitol.

People rescued from the building said they saw the violence unfolding from the office windows. “I could see they were more than the cops standing at the entrance,” said Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota. “It’s because of you!” Phillips is heard shouting at the Republicans as the hall is evacuated. “Lies have consequences,” said Republican Sen. Ben Sas of Nebraska. “This violence has been inevitable, and is the ugly result of the president’s addiction to creating a lasting divide.”

At around 3 a.m. tonight, six hours after the onslaught, the joint session of Congress was resumed after the Senate and House of Representatives were cleared of the devastation wrecked. Vice President Mike Pence, who was tasked with running the yeshiva, assured those who had “sown havoc” that they had not been able to get what they wanted. “Violence never wins, freedom wins. Let’s get back to work,” he said. Pelosi said that “despite the shameful actions” seen in the capital, “we will be part of a history that shows the world what the United States is made of.”