FBI Says Capitol Rioter Allegedly Hoped To Sell Pelosi Laptop To Russia
Sumaira FH Published January 19, 2021 | 09:40 AM
Washington, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Jan, 2021 ) :A young woman identified as having taken part in the storming of the US Capitol reportedly stole a laptop from top Democrat Nancy Pelosi's office and hoped to sell it to a Russian spy agency, according to an FBI criminal complaint.
The complaint, filed late Sunday in a US District Court in Washington, seeks the arrest of Riley June Williams of Pennsylvania on grounds including "violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds." The Washington Post reported Monday night that Federal authorities said they had arrested Williams, but the report included few details.
Relying on several photos and videos of the chaotic January 6 intrusion, an FBI agent said Williams was seen near the office of House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
A witness, identified in the court document only as W1 but who claimed to be "the former romantic partner of Riley June Williams," alleged that Williams planned to send the laptop to a friend in Russia to sell it to the SVR foreign intelligence agency.
That sale "fell through for unknown reasons, and Williams still has the computer device or destroyed it," the affidavit says.
It was unclear whether a laptop from Pelosi's office was actually stolen. The FBI said it was continuing to investigate.
Several videos show the woman believed to be Williams actively directing fellow rioters, urging them "upstairs, upstairs, upstairs." The complaint says Williams' mother in the city of Harrisburg was shown pictures taken in the Capitol and confirmed a thin, bespectacled brown-haired woman in several pictures was her.
She said her daughter had "taken a sudden interest in President Trump's politics." Williams had traveled to Washington with her father, though the two were separated during the chaos that day.
The complaint says that after Williams returned home, she packed a bag and told her mother she was leaving "for a couple of weeks." "It appears that Williams has fled," the complaint says.
Scores of those who forced their way into the Capitol have been identified and arrested, usually with the help of photos and videos posted on social media.
The Capitol remains on heavy lockdown ahead of the inauguration Wednesday of Joe Biden as president -- an event the rioters had hoped to prevent.
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