CHICAGO (WLS) A Jefferson Park man is charged with unlawfully entering the U.S. Capitol after federal prosecutors say he admitted entering House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s office a week ago.
Kevin Lyons allegedly traveled to Washington D.C. and took photos outside Speaker Pelosi s office during the melee.
Lyons, 40, was arrested by agents from the FBI s Joint Terrorism Task Force and taken into custody Wednesday morning. The case against him is being prosecuted by authorities in Washington, D.C. In an initial appearance and removal hearing in federal court in Chicago Wednesday afternoon, Lyons appeared by telephone from the MCC lockup.
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Jan 10, 2021 07:05 AM EST
President Donald Trump countered Twitter s action to permanently suspend his handle from its platform on Friday, denouncing the tech giant and saying it does not support free speech.
Trump s Twitter Suspension
According to Trump, he anticipates a huge announcement soon, and his team is dealing with other websites, planning a separate platform.
The president issued a statement, As I have been saying for a long time, Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees have coordinated with the Democrats and the Radical Left in removing my account from their platform, to silence me-and YOU, the 75,000,000 great patriots who voted for me. Twitter may be a private company, but without the government s gift of Section 230 they would not exist for long, reported The Epoch Times.
Richard Barnett, the man who allegedly broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, posed for pictures and stole mail from her desk, was arrested Friday morning in Little Rock, Arkansas, and has been charged with three federal counts.
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In a photo captured by AFP photographer Saul Loeb, one Trump supporter can be seen sitting behind a desk inside Pelosi s office with his feet on the table.
Another image published by SF Gate showed a note left on a desk inside the office with the message WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN written in red ink. The outlet also published a photo of a man wearing a Trump hat, waving to the camera while carrying a lectern with the House Speaker logo on it.
Pelosi released a joint statement with Sen. Chuck Schumer on Wednesday amid the protest, saying, We are calling on President Trump to demand that all protestors leave the U.S. Capitol and Capitol grounds immediately.