A U.S. Capitol rioter accused of stealing the laptop of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., could be banned from internet access after allegedly attempting to destroy evidence.
Riley Williams, 22, was arrested a week ago in Central Pennsylvania, according to the Justice Department.
At a court hearing Monday, officials said Williams might have, or could have, deleted online messages and accounts, per the Daily Mail.
An NBC reporter in Washington, D.C., tweeted Williams’ internet access was in danger of being restricted due to her actions since being released on bail last week.
“NEW: US Justice Dept tells judge Riley Williams, woman accused of stealing computer from Nancy Pelosi’s office, is suspected of using internet in recent days, encouraging people to destroy evidence in Capitol insurrection case. They want judge to prohibit internet access,” NBC4’s Scott MacFarlane tweeted.
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the first sentence of the article sounds like she stole the laptop to destroy evidence that could somehow convict pelosi. its worded strangely.
By that same logic, entire tweeter and facebook should be baned from accessing the internet because they have taken down a really, really lot of posts and sites that could be evidence.