(CNN) — A man photographed lounging in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during riots Wednesday now says he was just looking for the bathroom.
Sixty-year-old Richard Bigo Barnett, who’s involved with a pro-gun rights group in northwest Arkansas, admitted to CNN affiliate KFSM he’s the person in the viral photo.
Barnett says he took an envelope off Pelosi’s desk and left her a quarter and a note.
“I set my flag down. I sat down there at my desk. I’m a taxpayer. I’m a patriot. That ain’t her desk. We loaned her that desk, and she ain’t appreciating the desk, so I thought I’d sit down and appreciate the desk. I threw my feet up on the desk,” he recalled.
The FBI says Barnett could face federal charges.
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