Riley Williams

Riley June Williams is a 22-year-old woman who went inside the US Capitol during the storming of the Capitol building by supporters of the outgoing President of the United States, Donald Trump, on January 6, 2021.
Williams, a care worker from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, became involved in the America First movement in 2020, according to her mother. She was taken by her father to witness Trump's initial Save America March, but became separated as the crowd became riotous and began to march on the Capitol. Once inside the building, she was filmed telling other intruders where to go by saying "up the stairs, up the stairs". However, her mother and father say she was a peaceful protester who got lost in the crowd.
She was identified by the United Kingdom-based ITV News in a January 17, 2021 article. She "stood out" as one of the few women who illegally breached the building, wearing glasses and a green t-shirt bearing a slogan of the alt-right movement.
She has currently fled her home, telling her mother "she would be gone for a couple of weeks". She has changed her telephone number, and removed all of her social media accounts (Parler, Reddit, Telegram and Twitter).

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