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Woman Accused of Stealing

artappraiser — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:09:33 +0000

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Woman Accused of Stealing Laptop from Nancy Pelosi’s Office May Lose Internet Access as Feds Allege Deepening Cover-Uphttps://t.co/uJJdvHImPD
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) January 26, 2021

Surely this story is shaping up to eventually become one of those NBC Keith Morrison Dateline crime mystery shows. There's always ex love interests involved and everybody is either lying for revenge or hoodwinked by the lying.

This doesn't sound like it

artappraiser — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 22:32:07 +0000

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This doesn't sound like it went to Russia or anything like that, sounds more like that was just stupid immature youngin bullshitting. That said, does sound like they are going to prosecute as tough as they can manage for the deterrent message: just like smart people know not to joke about bombs in the TSA line. Furthermore sounds like it was a staff laptop in a conference with only "presentations" on it (probably used for Power Point slideshows?) so calling it "THE LAPTOP" is misleading braggadaccio:

Judge chides suspected Pelosi laptop thief: ‘The Constitution prevails here today’

By Amy Worden andnMarisa Iati @ WashingtonPost.com, Jan. 21, 2021 at 4:57 p.m. EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman accused of helping to steal a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington was ordered released from detention Thursday and placed in her mother’s custody.

Riley June Williams, 22, must stay in the home she shares with her mother and abide by other conditions of release, including avoiding contact with any witnesses or victims of the Jan. 6 Capitol storming. Federal Magistrate Judge Martin Carlson said he was releasing Williams in part because she had no prior criminal record, but he warned her that her mother, Wendy Williams, could be criminally charged if she fails to report to the court any violations of the conditions of release.

“Your mother is making an enormous leap of faith on your behalf, and you are the one person in this courtroom who can make sure your mother doesn’t have to choose between her love for you and her duty to this court,” Carlson told the defendant.

Although a federal prosecutor argued earlier this week that Williams should be detained, he and Williams’s public defender said Thursday that they had reached an agreement on release.

Williams faces two felony charges punishable by decades in prison, as well as two misdemeanors, according to charging documents. An updated affidavit filed Tuesday accuses her of filming and then sharing a video of someone else picking up an HP computer from a desk in Pelosi’s office. A user named “Riley” later posted on the social media platform Discord that they “stole s--- from Nancy Polesi,” the affidavit says.

Williams was first charged with trespassing as well as violent entry to and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. Prosecutors then added the felony charges: aiding or abetting the theft of government property and obstructing, influencing or impeding an official proceeding.

As bailiffs escorted her into court Thursday, Williams whispered, “Hi, Mom,” to her mother, who was seated at the defense table. Williams sat erect throughout the hearing and answered Carlson’s questions succinctly and without emotion.

Her public defender, Lori Ulrich, acknowledged Williams entered the Capitol during the attack and said it was “regrettable that Ms. Williams took the president’s bait.” In a speech to thousands of supporters before the storming, President Donald Trump encouraged them to “fight” and “show strength.”

But Ulrich argued without further explanation that the charges against Williams were “overstated.”

She also sought to characterize allegations that Williams changed her phone number after the riot as an attempt to protect herself from an abusive ex-boyfriend, rather than an effort to escape authorities. While the FBI wrote in the affidavit that Williams appeared to have fled, Ulrich said a police officer investigating the former boyfriend’s alleged abuse directed her to change the number.

That ex-boyfriend was a key witness in the FBI’s investigation. He told authorities that Williams’s friends played a video of her stealing a hard drive or computer from Pelosi’s office. Williams planned to send the device “to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service,” the former boyfriend said, according to the affidavit.

The FBI said that “the transfer of the computer device to Russia fell through for unknown reasons” and that Williams either destroyed the laptop or still has it.

The stolen laptop, “only used for presentations,” was taken from a conference room, Drew Hammill, Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, has said.

In video clips allegedly live-streamed from the Capitol by Williams, a female voice that the FBI said is hers instructs someone else in Pelosi’s office to put on gloves. A black-gloved hand then takes a computer off a table as a caption on the video says, “they got the laptop.” [....]

New photos shoe Riley June

rmrd0000 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:25:29 +0000

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New photos show Riley June Williams help steal Pelosi's laptop

Williams later bragged about it on social media

From the New York Post

Newly emerged images show accused Capitol rioter Riley June Williams helping to steal a laptop from Nancy Pelosi’s office — then bragging about it on social media, according to a federal affidavit.

The stunning images were revealed Tuesday as prosecutors amended a statement of facts against the 22-year-old Pennsylvania woman who is accused of trying to sell the House Speaker’s computer to Russian spies.

The filing includes a screenshot the feds say was shot by Williams showing an HP laptop, with her writing alongside it, “They got the laptop.”

Williams could be heard directing others in Pelosi’s room, telling one man as he lifted up the computer, “Dude, put on gloves,” according to the complaint.

Investigators confirmed that a laptop was stolen from the House speaker’s office — which Williams seemed happy to confirm in messages on Discord, the complaint said.

“I STOLE S–T FROM NANCY POLESI [sic],” one message shared in the complaint read.

“I DOMT [sic] CAREI TOOK NANCY POLESIS [sic] HARD DRIVES I DONT CARE KILL ME,” another read, according to the complaint.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/20/photos-show-accused-capitol-rioter-riley-june-williams-help-steal-pelosis-laptop/

Edit changed "shoe":to " show" in first sentence

The Powder Puffs? Nancy's

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 07:17:52 +0000

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The Powder Puffs? Nancy's Angels? 3 Live Krewe? PAnon?

what me worry?

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 07:13:51 +0000

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what me worry?

Speaker Pelosi with all-female secret service - This photo is BADASS. pic.twitter.com/msAfirxHl5
— mohamad safa (@mhdksafa) January 18, 2021

They have added theft of

rmrd0000 — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 04:17:36 +0000

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They have added theft of government property to the charges.

But in Williams’ first court appearance Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Christian Haughsby announced new charges filed later that day, including new charges of theft of government property and obstruction, felonies carrying potential sentences of up to two decades in prison.

He did not say whether investigators had confirmed the claims that Williams wanted to send the stolen laptop to Russia, nor did he indicate whether the computer had been recovered.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/riley-williams-capitol-riot-arrest-nancy-pelosi-laptop-craig-bingert-andrew-wrigley-pennsylvania-20210119.html

Yeah, don't bias your case by

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:16:00 +0000

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Yeah, don't bias your case by overcharging at start of your goal is to hold them or quickly plea them through the system with some accountability. With all the rioters, they're not going to pursue every conceivable charge - that'd stop any other work for years.

The yuppie woman with private jet asking for a pardon for a misdemeanor and yacking to the camera cluelessly? (Texas realtor) Give her the max.

to those who don't have the

artappraiser — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:59:54 +0000

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to those who don't have the time to read the whole: agent Lund does not recommend charging her for stealing anything at this time . His "probable cause" list for recommended charges for breaking which laws are at the end of the statement at items 20 and 21. And the initial charges on the criminal complaint are only these two

18 USC 1752(a)(1) Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority 40 USC 5104(e)(2) Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct on Capitol Grounds

Riley June Williams arrested

artappraiser — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:39:56 +0000

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Riley June Williams arrested

Charging Statement : https://t.co/inr3qpegtH

Complaint:https://t.co/8i5El1oFpg
— Mike Cross (@Docology) January 19, 2021

The charging statement (by FBI special agent Jonathan Lund) is quite extensive; I recommend reading it.

She has been arrested

rmrd0000 — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:08:55 +0000

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She has been arrested

We will hear what the FBI and her lawyers say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/2021/01/18/pelosi-laptop-riley-june-williams/