15 people charged including the man pictured in Pelosi's office

Richard Barnett, pictured in Nancy Pelosi's office during the violence at the Capitol, has been charged with "violent trespass".

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Justice sets in motion.

Fifteen people have been charged with the violence on Capitol Hill, including the man pictured in the office of Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who was arrested Friday morning, the Justice Department said.

"We are able to announce fifteen charges by the federal justice," Ken Kohl, of the federal prosecutor's office in Washington, told a briefing.

Among those prosecuted are a man who had eleven highly flammable Molotov cocktails in a vehicle parked near Congress, another who punched a Capitol officer while forcing his way, and a third entered with a gun charged in the precincts of Congress, he said.

"Theft of public property"

Richard Barnett, who broke into the offices of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, where he posed for the cameras before leaving an insulting message, was arraigned in Little Rock, Arkansas and charged with "violent intrusion ”In the Congress precinct as well as“ theft of public property ”.

He notably stole a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, and he had explained to the cameras having left a 25-cent coin in exchange.

Further arrests and indictments will take place, authorities have promised.

“We have literally hundreds of prosecutors and agents working from three command centers, 24/7,” added the official.

Washington Police have called for witnesses to identify several dozen witnesses photographed inside the building.

The FBI is still looking for the man suspected of having left two "pipe bombs", rudimentary explosive devices, at the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican parties near Congress.

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