The FBI said it received a tip from a former romantic partner that she could be seen in a video.
The FBI is investigating whether a woman who allegedly participated in the assault on the US Capitol on January 6 stole a computer or hard drive from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the intent to pass it on to the Russian intelligence service. sell.
According to an FBI criminal complaint filed Sunday in federal court in Washington, DC, a witness called the FBI with a tip that a woman, Riley June Williams, was seen in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. a video published by ITV, a British broadcasting network. , depicting Williams’ presence in the Capitol during the riots.
The witness told the FBI he or she was previously a romantic partner of Williams. The witness alleged that he spoke to friends of Williams who allegedly showed the witness a video of Williams taking a laptop or a hard drive from Pelosi’s office, according to the complaint.
According to the witness report that the FBI described in the complaint, the sale went through to Russia and Williams ‘still had the computer device destroyed or it’. The case remains under investigation, the document reads.
The indictment alleges that Williams committed the criminal offenses of access to restricted buildings and violent access and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. She is not charged with stealing Pelosi’s computer.
Where Williams is is unknown.
‘It appears that WILLIAMS fled’, according to the document, and ‘WILLIAMS changed her phone number sometime after January 6, 2021 and what I believe are her social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Telegram and Parler. ‘
Williams’ mother told local law enforcement in Harrisburg that her daughter had packed a suitcase and left and her mother said she would be away for a few weeks, but did not provide information about her destination.
Slits from the ITV video appear in the complaint. In them, Williams appears to be wearing a brown coat and a green shirt.
The complaint also contains links to ITV videos, including one with an interview with a woman identified by ITV as Williams’ mother, describing her daughter as’ empathetic and loving ‘.
It comes as new images of suspected rioters pop up on the Senate floor, including Jacob Chansley, who according to authorities can be seen wearing a hat with a fur wrapped with horns, which stands on the Senate scene where Vice President Mike Pence sat before he was evacuated.
According to court documents, Chansley left a cold note for Pence.
“It’s just a matter of time, justice is coming,” he wrote according to court documents. It appears that the video shows him reading the note aloud.
Chansley pleaded not guilty and is on trial pending trial.
A video by Luke Mogelson of The New Yorker, released this weekend, shows rioters and others walking on the floor of the U.S. Senate suggesting that President Donald Trump wants them to be there.
In another part, one riot can be heard telling police officers in the Capitol, “You are less than there! There are a million people of us – and we listen to Trump – your boss.”
Jenna Ryan, a Texas real estate agent accused of trespassing and disorderly conduct, also claimed she acted on Trump’s instructions and wanted him to forgive her.
“I do not feel a sense of shame in my heart because of what I have done. I thought I was following my president. I thought I was following what we were called to do,” she told local news station KTVT said.