A Pennsylvania woman accused of being one of the Capitol’s protesters told a former “romantic partner” that she planned to steal a laptop from Mayor Nancy Pelosi’s office and sell it to Russian intelligence, court documents revealed Monday. market.
Riley June Williams was accused of disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds with the intention of disrupting a Congressional session and other charges after her ex-girlfriend denounced her.
William’s ex, who was described in Special Agent Jonathan Lund’s indictment as W 1 (witness one), called the FBI and said she “intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service. ”
“According to W1, the transfer of the computer device to Russia failed for unknown reasons and Williams still has the computer device or destroyed it,” the document said.
Lund says the device and the circumstances of what Williams was doing with it remain under investigation.
The FBI said it spoke to Williams’ mother on Saturday and she allegedly said, “she recognized her daughter inside the United States Capitol building and that her daughter was suddenly interested in President Trump’s policy and the” far right forums ” .
Williams, 22, lived with his mother in Harrisburg, reported The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, confirmed in a tweet that Pelosi’s laptop was stolen from the conference room on January 6, but that it was “used only for presentations”.
Corky Siemaszko contributed.