{"id":46540,"date":"2021-01-09T14:39:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T18:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=46540"},"modified":"2021-01-09T14:39:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T18:39:28","slug":"capitol-lectern-man-arrested-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=46540","title":{"rendered":"Capitol &#8220;Lectern Man&#8221; Arrested in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Florida Man Seen with Speaker&#8217;s Lectern During Capitol Riot Arrested<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46541\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46541\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46541\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GetFile-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GetFile-5.jpg 600w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/GetFile-5-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-46541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pro-Trump protester, possibly Adam Johnson, carries the lectern of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi through the Roturnda of the U.S. Capitol Building after a pro-Trump protesters stormed the building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Charlie McCarthy | NEWMAX<\/p>\n<p>A Florida man seen carrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s lectern during Wednesday\u2019s Capitol riot has been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Johnson, 36, was arrested in Pinellas County, Fla., Friday night at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/capitol-riots-investigation-trump-news-saturday\/h_f3f9c6c5fbca89b263981bfe2e2154d5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per\u00a0CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; one count of theft of government property; and one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>A Getty Images photo that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cnnbrk\/status\/1347924770977964033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went viral<\/a> during the violent insurrection at the Capitol showed Johnson carrying the speaker&#8217;s lectern during the riot. It is alleged he illegally removed the item\u00a0from where it had been stored on the House side of the building.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI searched for Johnson as part of a nationwide effort to find and charge those who stormed the building, according\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bradenton.com\/news\/politics-government\/article248388970.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the Bradenton Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators protesting the presidential election results stormed the Capitol during a joint session of Congress that met to certify the Electoral College votes.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson reportedly was not among the 13 suspects identified by DOJ\u00a0on Friday as having already been charged in federal court for their alleged roles in the riot.<\/p>\n<p>The Bradenton Herald reported Johnson was a stay-at-home dad who lives with his wife and five children. His prior criminal history includes possession of marijuana and violation of probation charges.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/politics\/capitol-riot-speaker-pelosi\/2021\/01\/09\/id\/1004898\/\">https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/politics\/capitol-riot-speaker-pelosi\/2021\/01\/09\/id\/1004898\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Man Seen with Speaker&#8217;s Lectern During Capitol Riot Arrested<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}