{"id":18095,"date":"2021-01-19T03:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T08:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18095"},"modified":"2021-01-19T03:55:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T08:55:38","slug":"us-capitol-riots-trump-supporter-arrested-after-pelosi-data-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/01\/19\/us-capitol-riots-trump-supporter-arrested-after-pelosi-data-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"US Capitol riots: Trump supporter arrested after Pelosi &#8216;data theft&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"css-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">A Donald Trump supporter suspected of stealing a laptop or hard drive from Democrat Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s office during the US Capitol riots has been arrested.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Riley June Williams, 22, was detained in Pennsylvania on charges of violently and illegally entering the building, and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>A former romantic partner had said in an affidavit Ms Williams intended to sell the data to Russian intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Five people died after a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress on 6 January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms Williams&#8217; case is among more than 200 that have been opened since the president&#8217;s supporters forced their way into the Capitol building as lawmakers met to confirm Joe Biden&#8217;s election win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/election-us-2020-55683895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One in, one out: How the White House changes hands<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-55638579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tracking the rise of US militia groups<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/blogs-trending-55679813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What are far-right Trump supporters saying?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms Williams was arrested on Monday in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, police records show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms Williams had surrendered herself to authorities, sources told CBS News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The charge sheet lists &#8220;knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>It makes no mention of the data allegations. The FBI is reportedly still investigating these claims, which were carried in a sworn statement presented by an FBI agent to a court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.226160\/gov.uscourts.dcd.226160.1.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The affidavit says Ms Williams was seen in TV footage<\/a>\u00a0directing crowds who stormed the Capitol.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The FBI agent in the court filing says the agency was tipped off by a former romantic partner of Ms Williams who alleged she had intended to take a laptop or hard drive from the office of Ms Pelosi, the Democrat Speaker of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The witness &#8220;stated that Williams intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia&#8217;s foreign intelligence service&#8221;, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-55626148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who has the FBI arrested so far?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/blogs-trending-53018201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who are Boogaloo Bois, antifa and Proud Boys?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-55578096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">At the Capitol: Trump&#8217;s Christian supporters<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The transfer of the device &#8220;fell through for unknown reasons&#8221;, the witness is alleged to have said, &#8220;and Williams still has the computer device or destroyed it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms Pelosi&#8217;s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Drew_Hammill\/status\/1347598063620206592\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted two days after the attack that a laptop had been stolen from the speaker&#8217;s office but it was only used to give presentations.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The affidavit goes on to give details of an\u00a0<a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jJiSmVktty4&amp;feature=youtu.be.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITV News report from inside the Capitol building at the time of the siege<\/a>, in which a woman identified as Ms Williams can be seen and heard directing the crowd to go up a staircase that leads to Ms Pelosi&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>A\u00a0<a class=\"css-1xgj2ad-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cfzJs4MfTe0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second ITV News report<\/a>\u00a0some days later has an interview with Ms Williams&#8217; mother at their home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in which she confirmed her daughter was the woman in the TV footage. 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