A woman the FBI says took a laptop belonging to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiCowboys for Trump founder arrested after riot by retired Army Capitol General: ‘We can’t have protesters showing up at the state capitol with very long weapons’ Graham asks Schumer to vote to reject impeachment article against Trump MORE (D-Calif.) During the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol and tried to sell it to the Russians he was arrested.
Riley June Williams was stuck on Monday in central Pennsylvania, according to a list on the Department of Justice website that tracks arrests made in connection with the siege.
Williams is accused of intentionally entering or staying in any restricted building or land without legal authority, as well as of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
The FBI said in a filing on Sunday, a witness who identified himself as a former romantic partner told the agency that Williams “intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service”.
The transfer failed for unknown reasons and Williams still has the computer or destroyed it.
The witness also showed the FBI video of Williams, apparently stealing the laptop.
Williams’ arrest is one of more than 100 made in connection with the riot that led to five deaths, including that of Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick.
While protesters invaded the Capitol, Pelosi’s office was accessed. His deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, said after the riot that a laptop used for presentations was stolen. It is not yet clear whether this was the laptop that authorities said Williams took.