Posted on 01/19/2021 3:42:56 PM PST by L.A.Justice
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Federal authorities arrested a woman whose former romantic partner says she took a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.
Riley June Williams was arrested Monday, according to a Justice Department official. It's not yet known when her initial court appearance will be.
The FBI said in an arrest warrant Sunday that Williams hasn't been charged with theft but only with illegally entering the Capitol and with disorderly conduct.
FBI officials said a caller claiming to be an ex of Williams said friends of hers showed him a video of her taking a laptop computer or hard drive from Pelosi's office.
The caller alleged that she intended to send the device to a friend in Russia who planned to sell it to that country's foreign intelligence service, but that plan fell through and she either has the device or destroyed it. The FBI says the matter remains under investigation.
Pelosi's deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, confirmed Jan. 8 that a laptop was taken from a conference room but said "it was a laptop that was only used for presentations."
Williams' mother, who lives with her in Harrisburg, told ITV reporters that her daughter had taken a sudden interest in President Donald Trump's politics and "far-right message boards."
Her father, who lives in Camp Hill, told local law enforcement that he and his daughter went to Washington on the day of the protest but didn't stay together, meeting up later to return to Harrisburg, the FBI said.
Williams' mother told local law enforcement that her daughter packed a bag and left before she was arrested, saying she would be gone for a couple of weeks. She also changed her phone number and deleted a number of social media accounts, the FBI said. Court documents don't list an attorney for her.
A Lehigh County man also faces charges for his alleged involvement in the riot.
Twenty-nine-year-old Craig Bingert turned himself in Sunday.
The FBI said he worked with other rioters to shove a barricade into police officers.
He then helped them lift it up in an apparent attempt to break through the police line.
Just as our founding fathers intended...
Kinda not guilty
Ughhhhhh....There isn't enough eye bleach to fix that.....
not guilty ...
That’s funny. Do you think Pelosi has any idea how to even use a laptop?
At this point, what difference does it make besides if Laz would....
Probably not for that. Most likely because it had the cheats codes to those games and the election.
Looks like a lib/Antifa.
Williams’ mother, who lives with her in Harrisburg, told ITV reporters that her daughter had taken a sudden interest in President Donald Trump’s politics and “far-right message boards.”
Sudden imterest? Was she in a coma for 4 years? You only get a sudden interest in something when you are planning on doing something.
Espionage? Sounds like a silly charge...I really don't believe that she acted like John Walker or Robert Hanssen...
She needs some legal help...Some lawyer needs to convince some federal judge that she just needs some probation, not jail time...
She is only 22 years old...She has a plenty of time to get tattoos...
If she took steps to get the laptop to the Russians, she has problems far worse than probation.
Nope. Standard criminal profiling. But thanks anyway.
“Half guilty.”
3/5s but I won’t quibble. Poor thing appears to have a figure like a 2x4.
}{€££ hitlary could kill someone on live Sunday Morning TV and they would blame it on Conservatives and/or President Trump
1/4 of 50% guilty on Tuesdays if she had not paid for her cheeseburgers
“sudden interest”
nobody takes a ‘sudden interest’ in Trump 4 years into a presidency
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