Housewife Nancy Pelosi said this week that she was not worried about the contents of a laptop that was allegedly stolen from her office when rioters stormed the U.S. capital on January 6.
“I’m not worried about that particular laptop,” Pelosi told MSNBC reporter Joy Reid in an interview aired Tuesday. “But it does not matter. It can be on any laptop and at any time … a voter writes to a member of Congress that it is confidential … and that they can take it is not just.” a violation of my office, but also of my association with my constituents. “
A Pennsylvania woman, Riley June Williams, 22, has been arrested for allegedly taking the speaker’s laptop, which she allegedly sold to Russian intelligence.
Pelosi said the laptop is mainly used for Zoom meetings, but she is not sure “what other information there might be.”
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In an arrest warrant filed Sunday, investigators described how an anonymous tipster – a “former romantic partner” of Williams, identified as W1 – called the FBI’s tipline to say they saw Williams in footage from an ITV News video of January 6 Capitol siege.
“W1 stated that WILLIAMS intended to send the computer device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, the Russian foreign intelligence service,” the court documents further read. “According to W1, the transfer of the computer device to Russia went through for unknown reasons.”
According to the warrant, Williams’ still had the computer device or destroyed it. This case is still under investigation. ‘
Pelosi assistant Drew Hammill confirmed on January 8 that the laptop had been stolen from a conference room, but said it was “used for presentations only”.
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‘But that person does not know [what’s on the laptop] and they would endanger all kinds of information, ”Pelosi told Reid.
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According to the Department of Justice, Williams is facing charges of knowingly entering or staying in any building or site without lawful authority and violent trespassing and disorderly conduct on Capitol terrain. It is not yet clear if she will also be charged with theft.
Fox News’ Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.