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A conservative social media influencer has been charged with\u00a0storming the U.S. Capitol<\/a>\u00a0and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police,\u00a0according to court records<\/a>\u00a0unsealed on Monday.<\/p>\n Isabella Maria DeLuca was arrested last Friday in Irvine, California, on misdemeanor charges, including theft of government property, disorderly conduct and entering a restricted area.<\/p>\n DeLuca, who has more than 333,000 followers on the platform formerly known as Twitter<\/a>, is a former congressional intern who works as a media associate for The Gold Institute for International Strategy. DeLuca\u2019s profile on the institute\u2019s website says she served as an ambassador for the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA.<\/p>\n DeLuca also interned for former U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York and Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona, both of whom are Republicans who have supported former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n DeLuca, 24, of Setauket, New York, didn\u2019t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Online court records don\u2019t list an attorney representing her. A spokesperson for the Gold Institute for International Strategy said it learned Monday that DeLuca \u2014 who was hired in an unpaid position to update the organization\u2019s social media presence \u2014 was facing criminal charges and said, \u201cfollowing further internal investigation, we felt it necessary to sever our relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n During the Jan. 6 riot, DeLuca replied to a Twitter post by writing, \u201cFight back or let politicians steal and election? Fight back!\u201d<\/p>\n Videos captured her entering a suite of conference rooms inside the Capitol through a broken window on the Lower West Terrace. She passed a table out of the window and then climbed back outside through the same window. A table that another rioter threw at police resembled the one that DeLuca passed out the window, according to an FBI agent\u2019s affidavit.<\/p>\n DeLuca posted about the riot for days after the Jan. 6 attack. When an Instagram<\/a> user asked her why she supported breaking into the Capitol, she responded, \u201cAccording to the constitution it\u2019s our house.\u201d<\/p>\n Several days later, she posted on social media that she was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and had \u201cmixed feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPeople went to the Capitol building because that\u2019s Our House and that\u2019s where we go to take our grievances. People feel, as do I that an election was stolen from them and it was allowed,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n When the FBI questioned her roughly two weeks after the Capitol attack, DeLuca denied entering the building on Jan. 6, the agent\u2019s affidavit says.<\/p>\n More than 1,300 people have been charged with Capitol riot-related crimes. Over 800 of them have been sentenced, with roughly two-thirds getting a term of imprisonment ranging from a few days to 22 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSubscribe to the new Fortune CEO Weekly Europe newsletter to get corner office insights on the biggest business stories in Europe. Sign up<\/a> for free.<\/div>\n