Legal cases from the Jan. 6 Capitol protest and riot are still playing out, but some of the aspects of that day that flew under the radar are now resurfacing, including the theft of Rep. Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) laptop.
According to reports, a woman called Riley Williams was the first person accused of stealing Pelosi's laptop from the U.S. Capitol on that day, but was later fully acquitted.
However, her lawyer says that the U.S. government under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hasn't done much in the way of correcting the narrative about his client.
Just last week, the FBI announced that it has a new suspect regarding the theft of Pelosi's laptop.
Like many J6 participants, Williams has spent an insane amount of time in prison while her lawyer argued that it truly felt like she was "guilty until proven innocent."
She was charged with six other charges, originally with the laptop theft, but was later acquitted of that particular charge.
"She was treated like she had stole the computer," Williams' attorney Lori Ulrich said.
"The government had every reason to believe soon after January 2021 she did not take the computer," Ulrich said. "But they never changed the narrative in the media."
The accusation comes after Harrisburg woman Riley Williams was previously charged with stealing the laptop, only to be acquitted of the charges related to the theft in March of 2023.https://t.co/6Gy7FMywto
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A local CBS affiliate noted:
The legal team acknowledged that Riley was inside the Capitol on January 6th and entered Speaker Pelosi's office, but they maintained a firm stance on the laptop charge.
The team spent hundreds of hours reviewing security tapes and CCTV from the Capitol riot, finding video proof that Williams left the office without Pelosi's computer.
"I saw her at the building on video," said investigator Matthew Schappell. "There were no indications that she had a laptop in her person, in her purse. Nothing to indicate she was carrying a laptop."
The media relentlessly attacked Williams even after she was acquitted of the laptop charge.
There was also a movement to have Williams released on a "compassionate release" condition from a "Covid infested" jail cell, but it never panned out.
The FBI named Kentucky man David Slinker as the new suspect in the theft of Pelosi's laptop.
