A Florida man who grabbed the rostrum of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and was photographed with her during a riot in the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to more than two months in prison.

The image of Adam Johnson smiling and waving his hand as he carried Pelosi’s podium, went viral a mob attack on Trump On January 6, 2021, Johnson placed the rostrum in the center of the Capitol rotunda, posing and pretending to deliver a speech, prosecutors said.

On his way home, Johnson boasted that he had “broken the Internet” and become “finally famous,” prosecutors said. They argued that his actions in the Capitol “illustrate his sense of rights and privileges.”

“On the current viral podium, the photo shows Johnson as confident, perhaps happy, turning state property for his own use during the illegal siege,” the prosecutor wrote. statement to the court.

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U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton sentenced Johnson to 75 days in prison followed by a one-year supervised release. The judge also ordered Johnson to pay a $ 5,000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service. Johnson will appear in jail on a date to be determined.

Johnson told Walton that posing on Pelosi’s catwalk was a “very stupid idea.”

“I have no grudge against her or her office,” Johnson said.

Walton said America is on a dangerous path when many citizens believe they “have the right to do anything to have the person they want in power in the White House.”

“This is what we see in the banana republics,” the judge said. “This is what we see in countries like Ukraine. That’s where we’re going if we don’t do something to stop it. And I don’t know that we we are doing to stop it. “

Prosecutors said that during the plea talks with Johnson, they received a hint that he intends to publish the memoir. His plea agreement includes an unusual provision requiring him to waive compensation for any book, screenplay, song, interview, or product bearing his name or similarity for up to five years.

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Prosecutors recommended that Johnson be sentenced to three months in prison, one year of supervised release, a $ 5,000 fine and 60 hours of community service. Johnson’s lawyers asked the judge to sentence him to one year probation with credit for the weekend he spent in jail after his arrest.

Lawyers said Johnson did not know the rostrum belonged to Pelosi when he moved it out of the closet.

“Perhaps, if he had clung to some other piece of state furniture for his photo opportunity, the prison term would not even have been considered,” they wrote in the court material.

Johnson was arrested two days later deadly riot. In November, he pleaded guilty to entering and staying in a prohibited building or territory, punishable by one year in prison.

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Johnson was accompanied by a friend when he flew from Tampa, Florida, to Washington, D.C., to attend a rally by then-President Donald Trump to “Stop Theft”. They fled to the Capitol when they learned it had been hacked. Johnson, parting with his friend, climbed the scaffolding before entering the building.

He turned the doorknob to the office, which he believed belonged to Pelosi, but it was closed.

“Just across the hall and just twelve minutes before, several speakers of the speaker barricaded themselves in another office,” the prosecutor wrote.

As Johnson watched the riots trying to break down the door to the House of Representatives, where frightened lawmakers were trappedhe shouted that the bust of George Washington would be a “big ram,” prosecutors said.

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“Fortunately, no one listened to his proposal,” the prosecutor wrote.

Johnson, a father who sits at home, is married to a doctor and has not had to work for the past 11 years, prosecutors said. They argued that the couple could afford to hire someone to care for their five school-age children when he was jailed.

Johnson and his wife received death threats, his lawyers said.

“His wife’s medical practice has suffered financially, and some of Adam’s oldest friends will no longer speak to him or his family,” they wrote.

More than 750 people have been charged with federal riot-related crimes. More than 200 of them pleaded guilty, mostly to offenses. At least 100 people accused of the riots have been convicted, more than 80 people have trial dates this year.

A Florida man who grabbed the rostrum of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and was photographed with her during a riot in the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to more than two months in prison.

The image of Adam Johnson smiling and waving his hand as he carried Pelosi’s podium, went viral a mob attack on Trump On January 6, 2021, Johnson placed the rostrum in the center of the Capitol rotunda, posing and pretending to deliver a speech, prosecutors said.

On his way home, Johnson boasted that he had “broken the Internet” and become “finally famous,” prosecutors said. They argued that his actions in the Capitol “illustrate his sense of rights and privileges.”

“On the current viral podium, the photo shows Johnson as confident, perhaps happy, turning state property for his own use during the illegal siege,” the prosecutor wrote. statement to the court.

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U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton sentenced Johnson to 75 days in prison followed by a one-year supervised release. The judge also ordered Johnson to pay a $ 5,000 fine and perform 200 hours of community service. Johnson will appear in jail on a date to be determined.

Johnson told Walton that posing on Pelosi’s catwalk was a “very stupid idea.”

“I have no grudge against her or her office,” Johnson said.

Walton said America is on a dangerous path when many citizens believe they “have the right to do anything to have the person they want in power in the White House.”

“This is what we see in the banana republics,” the judge said. “This is what we see in countries like Ukraine. That’s where we’re going if we don’t do something to stop it. And I don’t know that we we are doing to stop it. “

Prosecutors said that during the plea talks with Johnson, they received a hint that he intends to publish the memoir. His plea agreement includes an unusual provision requiring him to waive compensation for any book, screenplay, song, interview, or product bearing his name or similarity for up to five years.

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Prosecutors recommended that Johnson be sentenced to three months in prison, one year of supervised release, a $ 5,000 fine and 60 hours of community service. Johnson’s lawyers asked the judge to sentence him to one year probation with credit for the weekend he spent in jail after his arrest.

Lawyers said Johnson did not know the rostrum belonged to Pelosi when he moved it out of the closet.

“Perhaps, if he had clung to some other piece of state furniture for his photo opportunity, the prison term would not even have been considered,” they wrote in the court material.

Johnson was arrested two days later deadly riot. In November, he pleaded guilty to entering and staying in a prohibited building or territory, punishable by one year in prison.

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Johnson was accompanied by a friend when he flew from Tampa, Florida, to Washington, D.C., to attend a rally by then-President Donald Trump to “Stop Theft”. They fled to the Capitol when they learned it had been hacked. Johnson, parting with his friend, climbed the scaffolding before entering the building.

He turned the doorknob to the office, which he believed belonged to Pelosi, but it was closed.

“Just across the hall and just twelve minutes before, several speakers of the speaker barricaded themselves in another office,” the prosecutor wrote.

As Johnson watched the riots trying to break down the door to the House of Representatives, where frightened lawmakers were trappedhe shouted that the bust of George Washington would be a “big ram,” prosecutors said.

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“Fortunately, no one listened to his proposal,” the prosecutor wrote.

Johnson, a father who sits at home, is married to a doctor and has not had to work for the past 11 years, prosecutors said. They argued that the couple could afford to hire someone to care for their five school-age children when he was jailed.

Johnson and his wife received death threats, his lawyers said.

“His wife’s medical practice has suffered financially, and some of Adam’s oldest friends will no longer speak to him or his family,” they wrote.

More than 750 people have been charged with federal riot-related crimes. More than 200 of them pleaded guilty, mostly to offenses. At least 100 people accused of the riots have been convicted, more than 80 people have trial dates this year.