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Pro-Trump State Lawmaker Resigns After Riot; More Arrests Announced

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - A pro-Trump state lawmaker who filmed himself storming the
   U.S. Capitol has resigned and more arrests were announced Saturday as
   part of an investigation into Wednesday's attack on the Capitol.

   Derrick Evans, a Republican member of the West Virginia House of
   Delegates, announced his resignation Saturday in a one-sentence letter
   to West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice.

   Evans was charged with entering a restricted area on the Capitol
   grounds and disorderly conduct. If convicted, he faces a year and a
   half in federal prison. Evans broadcast a Facebook Live video of
   himself breaking into the building with a crowd of rioters, at one
   point saying, "We're in, we're in, baby." In an earlier video posted on
   Facebook, now deleted, Evans warned that the rioters would storm the
   building.

   Evans has since said he wanted to apologize, according to media
   reports.

   Richard Barnett, 60, of Little Rock, Arkansas, was arrested Friday
   morning and charged with entering the office of Speaker of the House
   Nancy Pelosi, where photos show him sitting in Pelosi's office with his
   boot up on a desk. He faces three counts: knowingly entering and
   remaining in restricted grounds; violent entry and disorderly conduct
   on Capitol grounds; and theft of public money, property or records,
   according to court documents released Friday. Barnett, who faces up to
   one year in prison, is in custody in Arkansas awaiting extradition to
   Washington.

   Jacob Anthony Chansley, who appeared in numerous photos and videos
   wearing a fur hat with horns and paint on his face, was arrested
   Saturday and faces charges including violent entry and disorderly
   conduct on the U.S. Capitol grounds. Chansley is scheduled to appear in
   court next week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Esther Winne told The
   Associated Press by email. Chansley did not immediately respond to
   messages.

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