Riley J. Williams is charged in the Capitol riot.
She allegedly stole a computer from @SpeakerPelosi’s office, & now @FBI is investigating a tip that she intended to send the computer to a friend in Russia who’d sell it to Russian intelligence.
Williams appears to have “fled”.
She allegedly stole a computer from @SpeakerPelosi’s office, & now @FBI is investigating a tip that she intended to send the computer to a friend in Russia who’d sell it to Russian intelligence.
Williams appears to have “fled”.
From the affidavit against her: Riley Williams’ former romantic partner called the FBI several times in the days following the riots to report that they had seen her in videos inside the Capitol, but friends of Williams had shown the tipster a video of Williams taking a laptop...
... computer or hard drive from Speaker Pelosi’s office. The witness told the FBI 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...”
“... but that the transfer of the computer device to Russia fell through for unknown reasons and Williams still has the computer device or destroyed it. “This matter remains under investigation.”
Williams has appeared to have fled, she packed a bag & did not tell her mother where she was going but said she would be gone for a couple of weeks. She has changed her telephone number & deleted what are believed to have been her social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram...
... Twitter, Reddit, Telegram, and Parler.
Her mother told law enforcement that her daughter had taken a sudden interest in President Trump’s politics and “far right message boards.”...
Her mother told law enforcement that her daughter had taken a sudden interest in President Trump’s politics and “far right message boards.”...
... Her father said he drove to D.C. with Williams for the protests but that they did not stay together during the day....
...On January 11th Williams’ mother filed a suspicious persons report against the witness that provided the info about the laptop to the FBI.”
Up close photo: Riley Williams
UPDATE: She has been arrested by the FBI. No word on where the laptop is.
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