Jurors deadlocked on two counts against Riley Williams, including a charge alleging she aided and abetted the theft of a laptop from Nancy Pelosi's office.
Riley Williams covers her face as she arrive at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. District Courthouse on November 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. Williams is on trial for her alleged actions during the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol including aiding and abetting the theft of a laptop from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's office.a 23-year-old right-wing extremist, taken into federal custody after a jury convicted her on six of the eight counts she faced in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.
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., stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, filming rioters breaking into the building, then encouraged members of the mob up a set of stairs toward House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. She also pushed up against cops and tried to organize other rioters inside the Capitol rotunda.
Williams had faced a total of eight charges: civil disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, resisting and impeding officers, aiding and abetting theft of government property, and four misdemeanors. Jurors found her guilty of civil disorder, resisting and impeding officers, and four other misdemeanors. 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.
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