Arkansas Jan. 6 rioter Bigo Barnett moved to Texas prison

Arkansan serving 4½-year sentence for role in Capitol riot

January 12, 2024 at 4:41 p.m.

by Bill Bowden

Washington County Sheriff booking of Richard Barnett, January 8, 2021. (Special to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
Washington County Sheriff booking of Richard Barnett, January 8, 2021. (Special to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

Richard "Bigo" Barnett -- Arkansas' most famous Jan. 6 defendant -- has been moved to a prison near Dallas.

According to the Bureau of Prisons website, Barnett is now at the Federal Correctional Institution in Seagoville, Texas.

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