Laptop stolen from Speaker Pelosi’s workplace throughout storming of US Capitol, says aide

A laptop computer was stolen from the workplace of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the course of the storming of the US Capitol on Wednesday, one in every of her aides stated on Friday.
Drew Hammill, an aide to Democrat Pelosi, stated on Twitter that the laptop computer belonged to a convention room and was used for shows. He declined to supply additional particulars.
The theft of digital units from congressional workplaces has been a persistent fear following the invasion by pro-Trump followers. They have been inspired by Republican President Donald Trump at a rally beforehand to march to the Capitol whereas Congress was certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s Nov. 3 election win.
Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, stated on Twitter {that a} laptop computer was taken from his workplace. On Thursday, Acting US Attorney Michael Sherwin stated that a number of the thefts might need doubtlessly jeopardized what he described as “national security equities.”
“We just don’t know the extent of that damage at this point,” he stated.

The demonstrators who broke into the Capitol posted a number of pictures of themselves utilizing congressional telephones and varied different units. One reporter with the right-wing outlet Blaze posted {a photograph} of what presupposed to be a pc from Pelosi’s workplace with emails “still on the screen.”

What else might need been taken in the course of the chaos is just not but recognized. Some info expertise specialists fear that intruders could have planted malicious software program on computer systems, though it’s not clear that units have been the main focus of any specific consideration.