“In some respects, she is starkly different from the average January 6th defendant – particularly given her youth and that she is a female,” they wrote. Where others turned back, she pushed forward,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.ĭefense lawyers requested a term of imprisonment of one year and one day for Williams, who was 22 in January 2021. “Everywhere she went, Williams acted as an accelerant, exacerbating the mayhem. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson to sentence Williams to seven years and three months in prison. Then-Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress evacuated the House and Senate chambers when rioters attacked the Capitol. 6 joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Jurors also deadlocked on a charge of obstructing an official proceeding, the Jan.
But it deadlocked on two other counts, including “aiding and abetting” the laptop’s theft. 6, 2021.Ī federal jury convicted Williams in November of six charges, including a felony count of civil disorder, after a two-week trial. Riley June Williams, 23, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was charged but not convicted of helping steal a laptop from Pelosi’s office suite during the riot on Jan. Capitol, where she invaded then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office with other rioters. WASHINGTON (AP) - A Pennsylvania woman linked to a far-right extremist movement was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison for storming the U.S.
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