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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Jesse Bunch

Pa. woman accused of aiding theft of Pelosi’s laptop during Jan. 6 riot sentenced to 3 years in prison

After Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, native Riley Williams was charged for her role in the Jan. 6 attacks, her lawyers downplayed her actions by saying she went to Washington with nothing but a “cellphone and her fuzzy zebra bag.”

On Thursday, the 23-year-old was sentenced to three years behind bars.

Williams made headlines after federal investigators accused her of aiding the theft of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop, as she and other rioters stormed the Capitol Rotunda and pushed up against police officers attempting to stop them.

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