. >>> this is 22-year-old riley williams from pennsylvania in the capitol on january 6th according tohe fbi. >> go, up the stairs, go. >> reporter: upstairs is speaker nancy pelosi's office, inside a female voice the fbi believes to be williams seems excited. >> i'm in nancy -- >> reporter: on the desk is pelosi's hp laptop. the same voice tells others to treat it carefully. >> dude, put on gloves. >> reporter: according to the fbi, a witness claims williams stole the laptop and intended to send the computer device to a friend in russia to be passed to russian intelligence. williams turned herself in to authorities shortly after the capitol assault. >> nbc news' richard engel reporting tonight on the case of riley williams, one of the most confounding cases, i mean, from the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. tonight richard brings us brand-new exclusive reporting that adds a whole new layer to our understanding of this strange part of the capitol attack on january 6th, including the laptop stolen from speaker of the house nancy pelosi's office. richard has teamed up with the onl

after someone sent them a video that they believed showed riley williams pledging allegiance to adolf hitler. i'm going to show you this video. again, this has not been seen on television before tonight. it is very short. it is not graphic in any literal sense, but i will warn you that it is disturbing. it would stick with you. and it is definitely, definitely creepy. >> hitler was right all along, there is no political solution. all that is left is acceleration. heil hitler. >> and then the video just continues for a while like this, with this flashing image and the negative color filter and the music. like i said, very creepy. but you can see the obvious obstacles to definitively identifying the woman in this heil hitler video as the same woman who stormed the capitol on january 6th, then allegedly helped steal pelosi's laptop. was bellingcat was able to do with this video is two-fold. first, they sort of decoded it. for those of us not familiar with the neo-nazi iconography and the dark corners of the internet where this stuff thrives. for instance, when the voice in the video says

. >>> this is 22-year-old riley williams from pennsylvania in the capitol on january 6th according to the fbi. >> go, up the stairs, go. >> reporter: upstairs is speaker nancy pelosi's office, inside a female voice the fbi believes to be williams seems excited. >> i'm in nancy -- >> reporter: on the desk is pelosi's hp laptop. the same voice tells others to treat it carefully. >> dude, put on gloves. >> reporter: according to the fbi, a witness claims williams stole the laptop and intended to send the computer device to a friend in russia to be passed to russian intelligence. williams turned herself in to authorities shortly after the capitol assault. >> nbc news's richard engel reporting tonight on the case of riley williams, one of the most confounding cases, i mean, from the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. tonight richard brings us brand new exclusive reporting that adds a whole new layer to our understanding of this strange part of the capitol attack on january 6th, including the laptop stolen from speaker of the house nancy pelosi's office. richard has teamed up with the

this is riley williams expressing neo-nazi sympathy nbc news along with the other investigative group belling cats verified the video williams' social media account deleted, full of support for white nationalism. williams' lawyer told us the video was meant to be an internet joke intended to mock nazis but would not confirm or deny his client was in it >> richard engel, thanks >>> let's turn our attention to texas where millions spent without water after the historic blast. >> reporter: tonight texans are caught in relief and reality. >> i am looking for groceries and water. >> we are not able to take a shower and we want to go back to normal >> reporter: three million people without reliable water countless others waiting for repairs. >> leaders are urging out of state plumbers to help by waiving restrictions >> we are swamped right now. >> reporter: maria ramirez is doing all she can for her three kids the kids' father punching through the wall to shut the water off. the latest struggle is finding groceries. >> can you describe what the past week had been like >> we were not prepare

. >> this is 22-year-old riley williams from pennsylvania. tairs is speaker nancy pelosi's office. inside a female voice the fbi believes to be williams seems excited. on the desk is pelosi's hp laptop. the same voice tells others to treat it carefully. according to the fbi a witness claims williams stole the laptop and intended to send the computer device to a friend in russia to be passed to russian intelligence. williams turned herself into authorities shortly after the capitol assault. an nbc news investigation again revealed tonight this is also riley williams expressing neo-nazi sympathies. >> there is no political solution. all that is left is acceleration. heil hitler. >> reporter: nbc news along with the investigative group bellingcat investigated the video found on a white supremacist chat group. williams social media accounts now deleted also full of support for white nationalism. williams facing unlawful entry and aiding and abetting the theft of government property. williams lawyer told us tonight the video was meant to be an inte

intended to steal information and give it to a foreign adversary according to charging documents riley williams allegedly helped steal a laptop from speaker pelosi office to quote send the computer device to a friend in russia who then plan to sell the device to s.v.r. russia's foreign intelligence service while we can't be certain if or how many foreign spies infiltrated the crowd or lease coordinated with those who did it we can be sure that any enemy who wanted access to our secrets would have wanted to be part of that mob inside these halls and the point is this many of the insurrectionist the president trump incited to invade this chamber were dangerous people on the f.b.i. watch lists violent extremists. white supremacists. and these insurrectionists incited by president trump threatened our national security stealing laptops again from speaker pelosi office taking documents from leader mcconnell's desk snapping photographs as you saw in the videos earlier in sensitive areas ransacking your offices rifle ing through your desks the president the united states the commander in chief knew th

according to charging documents, riley— according to charging documents, riley williams allegedly helps to a friend in russia. plans to sell the device — to a friend in russia. plans to sell the device to svr, russia's foreign intelligence service. while we cannot— intelligence service. while we cannot be certain how many foreign spies— cannot be certain how many foreign spies or— cannot be certain how many foreign spies or if— cannot be certain how many foreign spies or if they infiltrated the crowd, — spies or if they infiltrated the crowd, or— spies or if they infiltrated the crowd, orat spies or if they infiltrated the crowd, or at least coordinated with those _ crowd, or at least coordinated with those who — crowd, or at least coordinated with those who did, we can be sure that any enemy— those who did, we can be sure that any enemy who wanted access to our secrets _ any enemy who wanted access to our secrets would have wanted to be part of that _ secrets would have wanted to be part of that mob _ secrets would have wanted to be part of that mob inside these halls. and the point _

according to charging documents, riley williams allegedly helped steal a laptop from speaker pelosi's office too, quote, send the computer device to a friend in russia who then planned to sell the device to russia's foreign intelligence service. while we cannotil be certain how many spies infiltrated the crowd, or at least coordinated with thoset who did, we can be sure any enemies who wanted access to our secrets would have wanted to be part of that mob inside of these halls. and the point is this. many of the insurrectionist's were dangerous. people on the fbi watchlist, violent extremists, white supremacists and these insurrectionist's incited by president trump threatened our national security. stealing laptops again from speaker pelosi's office, taking documents from leaderdo mcconne, snapping photographs that he saw in the videos earlier in sensitive areas, ransacking the offices, rifling throughgh the desks. the president of the united states, the commander-in-chief knew the risks of anyone breaching the capitol. he swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend this country and

when riley williams, known for allegedly helping steal laptop from speaker pelosi's office, appeared in court on january 201st, her lawyer said to the judge, quote, it is regrettable that ms. williams took the president's debate and went inside the capitol. troy smock who was in the riot on january 6th posted online that day, quote, the president sitoday, president trump told us fight like hell. he also posted that the president, quote, said that our case was a matter of national security. samuel fisher was charged with disorderly conduct and illegallr being in the capitol on january 6th. that day before the attack on this building, he wrote on his website, quote, trump just needs to fired the bat signal and, quote, then the pain comes. the lawyer for dominic, the leader ofr the proud boys who ws the first person to break inside the capitol said president trump effectively told hisis client ad others, quote, people of the country, come onn down. let people know what you think. quote, logical thinking was he invited us down. his lawyer went on. these were people acting in a way they'v

when riley june williams, known for allegedly helping steal a laptop from speaker pelosi's office, appeared in court on january 21st, her lawyer said to the judge "it is regrettable that ms. williams took the president's and went inside the capital. tori smock who was in the capital right on january 6th, posted online that day "the president, today president trump told us to fight like hell. he also posted that the president "said that our case wasn't a matter of national security." samuel fisher was charged with disorderly conduct and illegally being in the capital on january 6. that day, before the attack on this building, he wrote on his web site "trump just needs to fire the bat signal and "then the pain comes." the lawyer for dominic for zollo, leader of the proud boys who was the first person to break inside the capital said that president trump effectively told his client and others "people of the country come on down." "logical thinking was he invited us down." pezzola's lawyer went on, "these are people acting in a way they've never acted before" and it begs the question, who lit t

trump supporters who say they were swept into the crowd, a 22-year-old care worker, riley june williamsre she allegedly stole a laptop from speaker nancy pelosi's office. >> proud boys. nick schifrin: and law enforcement says, playing a key role, right-wing extremists. video shows members of the militia the oath keepers, and four january 6 indictments are for members of the proud boys, recently designated a terrorist group by canada. they face charges including conspiracy, disorderly conduct, and obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years. miael german: many of these groups were very explicit about their violent intentions. nick schifrin: since the '90s, retired fbi special agent michael german has tracked white supremacists and right-wing militias. michael german: there is tremendous amount of public evidence that can be used even today to target the most violent actors. i am concerned that the fbi in particular and the department of justice are focusing on january 6 as if it a sui generis event, and not recognizing that many of these pe

when riley june williams, known for allegedly helping steal laptops from speaker pelosi's office appearedurt on january 21st, her lawyer said to the judge, quote, it is regrettable that ms. williams took the president's bait and went inside the capitol. troy smocks, who was in the capitol riot on january 6th, posted on line that day, quote, today president trump told us to fight like hell. he also posted that the president, quote, said that our case was a matter of national security. samuel fisher was charged with disorderly conduct and illegally income the capitol on january 6. that day, before the attack on this building, he wrote on his website, quote, trump just needs to fire the bat signal and, quote, then the pain comes. the lawyer for dom nish p-- dominic pasala, who was the first of the proud boys to break into the capitol said, come on, people, come on down. let them know what you think. quote, he invited us down. pezzola's lawyer went on, these people acted like they've never acted before. and it begs the question, who lit the fuse? we know who lit the fuse. donald trump told th

according to charging documents, riley williams helped steal a laptop to send the computer device to a friend in russia that planned to sell the device to russia's foreign intelligence service. wile we can't be certain how many infiltrated the crowd or coordinated with those that did, we could be sure that any enemy that wanted access to our secrets would have want today be part of that mob inside these halls. and the point is this. many of the insurrectionists they incited in this chamber were dangerous. people on the fbi watch list, violent extremists, white supremacists. and they threatened our national security. stealing laptops. taking documents from leader mcconnell's desk. snapping paragraphs as you saw in the videos earlier in sensitive areas. ransacking offices, rifling through your desks. they knew the risk of anyone breaching the capitol. he swore an oath to preserve, protect, and defend this country. and yet he incited them here to break into the capitol. senators, as you all know, we have spent trillions of dollars building the strongest military in the world. to prevent

when riley june williams known for allegedly helping steal -- from speaker was his office appeared inn january 21 her lawyer said to the judge quote it is regrettable that ms. williams took the president's bait and went inside the capitol. he posted on line that they quote the president today president trump told us to fight like. he also posted that the president quote said that our case was a matter of national security. daniel fischer was charged with disorderly conduct and illegally being in the capitol on january 6.he that day before the attack he wrote on his web site quote trump just needs to fire the bad signal and the pain then comes. the lawyer for the leader of the proud boys who was the first person to break inside the capitol said that president trump told his clients and others quote people of the country come out now. let people know quote logical thinking was he invited us down. his lawyern. went on these were people acting in a way they have never acted before. and it begs the question who lit the fuse end quote. onot january 6, we know who lit the fuse. donald trump

when riley junior williams known for allegedly helping steal a laptop from speaker pelosi's office appeared in court on january 21, her lawyer said to the judge, quote, it is regrettable that ms. williams took the president bait and when inside the capitol. -- was in the capitol right on january 6 posted on my that day, quote, the president today, president trump told us to fight like hell. he also posted that the president, quote, said that our case was a matter of national security. samuel fisher was charged with disorderly conduct and illegally being in the capitol on january 6. that day before the attack on this building he wrote on his website, quote, trump just needs to fire the bat signal and, quote, then the pain comes. the lawyer for dominic pezzola, a leader of the proud boys who was the first person to break inside the capitol said that president trump effectively told his client and others quote, people of the country come on down. let people know what you think, quote, logical thinking was he invited us down. his lawyer went on, these were people acting in a way they've never a