A suspected Capitol rebel was arrested on Monday after her former romantic partner accused her of taking a laptop or hard drive from the office of mayor Nancy Pelosi with the intention of selling it to the Russians, officials said .
Pennsylvania’s Riley June Williams, who was seen on video participating in the Capitol siege, was accused of entering a restricted building and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to Justice Department records.
The FBI is also investigating allegations of laptop theft, although there is no indication that one was actually stolen from the speaker’s office. Williams was not charged in connection with this claim.
According to a statement made on Sunday, a witness described as Williams’ former romantic partner claimed to have seen footage of her “picking up a laptop or hard drive from Mayor Pelosi’s office.”
“[Witness 1] stated that Williams intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service, “claim court documents.
“According [Witness 1], the transfer of the computer device to Russia failed for unknown reasons and Williams still has the computer device or destroyed it, “according to the statement, which includes a link to a news segment about the attack on the US Capitol produced by British ITV News.
A woman who has been identified as Williams – wearing glasses, a green shirt, brown raincoat and carrying a bag over her shoulder – is seen in the video screaming “Upstairs, upstairs, upstairs”, and pushing people towards Pelosi’s office.