In a subsequent video interview uploaded to Twitter, Mr Barnett said that he took a letter from Mrs. Pelosi’s office and left a note on her desk, reading: “Nancy, Bigo was here, you b .”
Mr. Barnett identified himself to reporters after leaving the Capitol building. Some outlets in Arizona also recognized him from local protests.
Rep. Steve Womack, an Arkansas Republican who represents Mr. Barnett’s congressional district, said on social media he was “sickened” by his constituent’s actions.
“He must be held accountable and face the fullest extent of the law,” Mr. Womack said on Twitter. “This isn’t the American or Arkansas way.”
By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 7, 2021
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that he believes President Trump should step down or be ousted from office following a siege at the U.S. Capitol.
“I think there’s no question that America would be better off if the president would resign or be removed from office and if [Vice President] Mike Pence would conduct the peaceful transition of power over the next 13 days until President Biden is sworn in,” Mr. Hogan said at a press conference.
The Republican governor said Mr. Pence is a friend who he has “tremendous respect for,” and who “did the right thing” Thursday by officially confirming President-elect Joseph R. Biden’s victory. The decision was made despite Mr. Trump’s comments earlier in the week that if Mr. Pence did accept the Electoral College results, he “won’t like him as much.”
“In the past four years, we’ve had a president who’s made his contempt for our democracy, our Constitution, the rule of law clear in everything he has done,” Mr. Biden said. “He unleashed an all-out assault on our institutions of our democracy from the outset. And yesterday was the culmination of that unrelenting attack.”
Mr. Biden said law enforcement trying to restore order wouldn’t have been as accommodating to Black protesters.
“No one can tell me that if it had been a group of Black Lives Matter protesting yesterday, they wouldn’t have been treated very, very differently than the mob of thugs that stormed the Capitol,” he said. “We all know that’s true, and it is unacceptable.”
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Question of the Day Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump . more > By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 7, 2021
The editorial boards of The New York Times and The Washington Post each accused President Trump of impeachable conduct for fomenting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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The chief of the Capitol Police will resign, and the first federal charges have been filed against violent protesters arrested in Wednesday’s riot.
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The police confronted intruders outside the Senate chamber on Jan. 6.Credit.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Federal prosecutors on Thursday filed their first charges stemming from Wednesday’s riot at the Capitol, charging one man with assaulting a police officer and another with illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
Both criminal complaints were filed in Federal District Court in Washington. The city’s Metropolitan Police Department had announced earlier that they had arrested nearly 70 people at the riot on charges that included unlawful entry, gun possession and assault. The United States Capitol Police announced the arrests of 14 other people on Thursday.