Johnson’s photo with the Pelosi stage is one of the most publicized events that took place in the Capitol, where five people were killed, one of them a police officer, and many were injured.
Adam Johnson, the supporter of President Donald Trump who was caught carrying the podium of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a photo of the capitol shoot on Wednesday, was detained in Florida.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, on Florida’s west-central coast, said on Saturday that Johnson was being arrested on a federal warrant.
In the photo of his arrest, he appears without the radiant smile he wore when he was photographed Jan. 6 during the seizure of the Capitol by Trump supporters who had recently attended a rally for the president urging them to march to the building that houses the two houses of Congress.
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Among other things, Trump told his followers that if they didn’t fight with force, they would no longer have “a country” and that the weak should be left out because “the time of strength” had come.
Johnson, according to the mugshot, is 36 years old, lives in Tampa, was arrested January 8 and is “awaiting trial.”
The file does not list the charges for which it will be charged.
Johnson’s photo with the Pelosi Atrium is one of the most publicized events in the Capitol, where five people were killed, one of them a police officer, and many were injured.
Photo Sheriff’s Office of Pinellas County
The attackers damaged Congressional headquarters and clashed with law enforcement officials in an episode described by some lawmakers as a coup attempt and others as an “insurgency.”
The condemnation has been virtually unanimous, and Trump has been held directly responsible for the instigator’s events, not only by the Democrats, who have called for his removal, but also by some Republicans.
Trump risks impeachment, the second of his term, before Democrat Joe Biden assumes the US presidency on Jan. 20 as the winner of the Nov. 3 election.
The current president does not accept the election results and claims to have been the victim of mass fraud without evidence, which is why he urged his supporters to march to the Capitol on January 6.
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That day, the legislative chambers carried out certification of Biden’s victory, which Trump describes as a “robbery.”
Once the situation was under control, Congress resumed its session interrupted by the attack and declared Biden president-elect in the early hours of January 7.
Trump, whose Facebook and Twitter accounts have been banned to prevent incitement to violence, will not attend Biden’s inauguration.