A federal judge in Washington ruled Friday that Richard, the man photographed with his feet up on a desk in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the Capitol riot, will not be released to house arrest, according to The Daily Mail.
Richard, 60, will instead be brought to Washington, D.C. for proceedings in his case. Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell stayed a decision by a magistrate judge in Arkansas that would have kept him on house arrest at his home in Gravette, Arkansas until trial.
The Daily Mail reports that Howell’s ruling came only hours after U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Wiedemann ordered a $5,000 bond and a GPS monitor. The Arkansas judge also placed limits on his internet use and barred contact with anyone who took part in the riot.
During the nearly five hour video hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kim Harris argued against release, asking what would deter him from acting again if he believed the election result was wrong.
According to the outlet, prosecutors showed photos of Richard sitting at a desk in the Speaker’s office and security video of him inside the building. They also played a video of him on a bullhorn outside the Capitol, in which he talked about taking an envelope from Pelosi’s office.
Richard is charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous weapon, a stun gun, along with disorderly conduct and theft of public property. He has not been convicted, and the charges remain allegations.
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