A Florida newspaper identified the man in the viral photo grinning and posing with a lectern taken from Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s office during the Capitol riots, and he is now under arrest and being held at the Pinellas County jail on a Federal warrant.
Adam Christian Johnson, 36, is a a stay-at-home dad of five who lives in Parrish, Florida, near Tampa, according to the Bradenton Herald. The newspaper identified him this week with assistance from local residents and an acquaintance who saw his photo on social media.
The paper also reports that his own social media posts, since taken down, talked of being in the Capitol ahead of the riots, and disparaged Black Lives Matter and other groups, including the police.
The FBI had been searching for Johnson in connection with the ransacking of the Capitol, and were able to locate and arrest him Friday night after tips from the local area.