Legal fallout from the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots is still unfolding in courts across the country, but one particular case involving Rep. Nancy Pelosi's stolen laptop recently took a turn.
According to a CBS affiliate, a lawyer for Riley Williams, who has been jailed since 2023 after being hit with six charges related to her alleged involvement in the Capitol protest, pointed out that even though she's been acquitted of stealing the lawmaker's laptop, the government hasn't made any efforts to change the media narrative.
Williams has been continually blasted by most of the establishment media as a major player in the J6 Capitol protests, and was originally charged with the theft of Pelosi's laptop.
The FBI recently confirmed that it had a new suspect in the stolen laptop case, according to reports.
It's been three years since the events of that day unfolded, but just last week, the FBI announced that a man called David Slinker, from Kentucky, is the new suspect in the case of Pelosi's stolen laptop computer.
Williams' attorney, Lori Ulrich, blasted the U.S. government for not making much in the way of efforts to clear her client from being the suspect in the laptop case.
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 CBS outlet noted:
Williams, who was convicted on six other stemming from her involvement in the Capitol storming, has been in prison since 2023. Throughout the process, Ulrich felt her client was guilty until proven innocent.
"She was treated like she had stole the computer," the lawyer said, adding that her client "never had the laptop."
"Where it actually went, we don't know," Ulrich continued.
One of the investigators behind the case, Matthew Schappell, said after reviewing mountains of video evidence, there wasn't any indication that Williams ever had the laptop on her person or in her bag as she left the building.
"I saw her at the building on video," Schappell said. "There were no indications that she had a laptop in her person, in her purse. Nothing to indicate she was carrying a laptop."
Like many others who took part in the J6 protests and were eventually imprisoned or charged, they're hoping President-elect Donald Trump will come through on a previous vow to consider issuing pardons.
Some believe he'll issue the pardons on a case-by-case basis. Only time will tell.
