Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

■ Two high-profile participan­ts in the Capitol rioting were arrested.

Man with Pelosi lectern, fur-hat wearer among latest charged

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Two men accused of joining a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters that stormed the nation’s Capitol, one wearing a horned fur hat and the other carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern, were charged Saturday, the latest arrests in Wednesday’s mayhem that left five people dead.

The arrests came as more images emerge showing just how violent the riots were: a bloodied officer crushed in a doorway screaming; another tumbling over a railing into the crowd below after being body-slammed from behind; members of the media being cursed, shoved and punched.

Jacob Anthony Chansley, an Arizona man seen in photos and video of the mob with a painted face and wearing a costume that included the horned hat, was arrested Saturday and charged with counts that include violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

Chansley will remain in custody in Arizona pending a detention hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Esther Winne said. Chansley did not immediatel­y respond to messages left via email and telephone.

Chansley, who had become a staple in his costume at pro-Trump events across the country, is now among dozens of people arrested in the wake of the Capitol invasion by a large mob of Trump supporters enraged over his election loss.

A Florida man accused of making off with Pelosi’s lectern during the chaos was arrested Friday night on a federal warrant and was being held Saturday without bail in Pinellas County, Florida. Jail records do not show whether Adam Johnson, 36, of Parrish, Florida, has an attorney.

Johnnson was charged Saturday with theft, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

The married father of five was quickly identified on social media by local residents as the man in a photo smiling as he walked through the Capitol rotunda carrying Pelosi’s lectern, The Bradenton Herald reported.

By Saturday, prosecutor­s had filed 17 cases in federal district court and 40 in District of Columbia Superior Court.

Doug Jensen, an Iowa man, was jailed early Saturday on federal charges, including trespassin­g and disorderly conduct counts, for his alleged role in the Capitol riot.

Richard Barnett, an Arkansas man who was shown in a widely seen photo sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office with his boots on a desk after the storming of the Capitol, was arrested Friday by the FBI.

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