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Lawyer of Pelosi Lectern-Carrying Rioter Struggles to Defend Photo: I m Not a Magician
On 1/12/21 at 10:43 PM EST
The lawyer of a Florida man who was photographed carrying the lectern of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during last week s U.S. Capitol insurrection is struggling to explain the photo when defending his client.
Adam Johnson was arrested on a federal warrant Friday and charged with theft of government property, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds and knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. Johnson was released on a $25,000 signature bond on Monday and is being represented by attorneys David Bigney and Dan Eckhart, who appeared to struggle to defend the photo of Johnson while speaking to the media outside a federal courthouse in Tampa.
Nancy Pelosi s Lectern Taken by Rioter Returns to Capitol Nancy Pelosi Lectern Taken By Rioter Returns to Capitol
Nancy Pelosi s lectern is back at the U.S. Capitol . a week after a Florida man gleefully carried it out during a failed coup.
The House Speaker s lectern was wheeled into the building Wednesday and, as we reported, it did not suffer any damage. Still, pretty sure the lectern was or will be sanitized like hell. No word yet if the gavel was also returned.
Adam Johnson is the man picked up last week on a
federal warrant in Florida for his role in the Capitol riots, which, of course, included him taking the lectern. Images of the 36-year-old were plastered online and on TV during and after
By: IVAN PEREIRA and BENJAMIN STEIN, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Capitol riot suspect accused of stealing Nancy Pelosi’s lectern was released from jail Monday afternoon on a $25,000 bond. Adam Johnson, 36, of Parrish, Florida, did not answer reporters’ questions following his federal court appearance in Tampa. Federal investigators arrested Johnson on Friday and [.]