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☆ Jan. 6 Rioter Gets Three-Year Sentence for Storming Nancy Pelosi’s Office
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Prosecutors portrayed Riley Williams, pictured in 2021, as a key figure in the Capitol riot. WASHINGTON—A Pennsylvania woman who led a mob into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot received a three-year prison sentence Thursday, after the judge rejected defense arguments that she was young and naive. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposed the sentence on 24-year-old Riley Williams at the end of a three-hour hearing.

☆ Jan. 6 rioter who filmed Pelosi laptop theft jailed after jury convicts her on 6 counts
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Daniel Barnes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Williams was found guilty on six counts, but the jury deadlocked on two others, including whether she aided and abetted the theft of a laptop in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She also pushed up against cops and tried to organize other rioters inside the Capitol rotunda. But they deadlocked on obstruction of an official proceeding — a charge which would have carried the lengthiest potential sentence — and the charge of aiding and abetting the theft of Pelosi's laptop. Williams, who showed little emotion when the jury returned its verdict, was clearly upset by Jackson's decision to lock her up. About 900 people have been arrested in connection with the U.S. Capitol attack, with hundreds more arrests in the works.

☆ Guilty: Capitol rioter who breached Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office was convicted at trial
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( C. Ryan Barber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A judge ordered Riley Williams detained ahead of her sentencing in February on January 6 charges. The jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict on a charge Williams helped steal a laptop from Pelosi. In previous jury trials, Capitol rioters have been found guilty on all charges they faced, including obstruction of an official proceeding. Williams "led an army" to Pelosi's office suite, prosecutors said, where she encouraged fellow rioters to steal a laptop the speaker used for Zoom meetings. The trial featured images of rioters ransacking Pelosi's office, with some suggesting that they steal a pair of pink boxing gloves that the House speaker kept on a table.

☆ Newly released video shows Capitol rioters raiding Nancy Pelosi's office on Jan. 6
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON — A video filmed by a man charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack shows rioters inside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the insurrection. It was released to the media following a request by NBC News. In the video, rioters can be heard chanting, “Naaaancy, Naaaancy, Naaaancy" as they enter the speaker's suite, where staffers were huddled in a conference room, barricading themselves from the mob. The laptop was already gone by the time Lyons entered the conference room, the video shows. About 900 defendants have been charged in connection with the Capitol attack and more than 440 have pleaded guilty to various charges.

☆ Far-right extremist guided 'army' of rioters to Pelosi's office on Jan. 6 , prosecutors tell jury
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON — A far-right extremist charged with aiding and abetting the theft of a laptop from Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, "led an army" towards the House Speaker's suite, prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments on Wednesday. Video features her encouraging rioters to take a laptop inside Pelosi's office, and urging the mob to push up against officers inside the Capitol rotunda. Williams, both prosecutors and the defense agreed, was obsessed with Nick Fuentes and his group the "Groypers," a far-right, white nationalist movement. To prosecutors, Williams was a leader who directed the mob. Williams was "surprised to be where she was" in Pelosi's office, Ulrich said.

☆ Cine este femeia bănuită că ar fi furat un laptop din biroul lui Nancy Pelosi în timpul atacului de la Capitoliu
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Ea a fost identificată inclusiv de mama ei în imaginile cu asaltul de la Capitoliu. Pe numele tinerei, despre care mama sa a spus la ITV că a părăsit domiciliul familial, a fost emis un mandat de arestare. Actul de inculpare împotriva lui Riley Williams a reţinut deocamdată doar acuzaţiile de intrare prin efracţie şi tulburarea ordinii publice, nu şi furt. Un martor anonim, interogat de autorităţile americane, afirmă că a văzut alte înregistrări video în care Riley Williams lua un computer (sau un hard-disk) din biroul lui Nancy Pelosi. Se pare că operaţiunea a eşuat în final, din motive neprecizate, aşadar Riley Williams ar fi încă în posesia computerului sau l-ar fi distrus.

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Pe numele tinerei, despre care mama sa a spus la ITV că a părăsit domiciliul familial, a fost emis un mandat de arestare. Actul de inculpare împotriva lui Riley Williams a reţinut deocamdată doar acuzaţiile de intrare prin efracţie şi tulburarea ordinii publice, nu şi furt. Un martor anonim, interogat de autorităţile americane, afirmă că a văzut alte înregistrări video în care Riley Williams lua un computer (sau un hard-disk) din biroul lui Nancy Pelosi. FBI notează că femeia a dispărut după evenimentele din 6 ianuarie și că și-a șters conturile de pe rețelele sociale. Aproape 70 de persoane au fost deja inculpate în urma evenimentelor de la 6 ianuarie, potrivit Departamentului Justiţiei.

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