Conservative Influencer Is Charged in Jan. 6 Attack

Isabella DeLuca, 24, helped to steal a table that rioters used to assault law enforcement, according to a criminal complaint.

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Isabella DeLuca in 2020. The Justice Department has accused her of helping to steal a table during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that was later used to assault law enforcement officers.

A conservative social media influencer has been arrested on misdemeanor charges related to her involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, including an accusation that she helped to steal a table that the F.B.I. says was used to assault officers, according to court documents.

The influencer, Isabella M. DeLuca, 24, of Setauket, N.Y., was arrested on Friday in Irvine, Calif., in Orange County, on several charges, including theft of government property, entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct and demonstrating in a Capitol building.

Ms. DeLuca participated in and livestreamed the riot, in which an angry mob attacked the Capitol, and helped steal a table that was used as a weapon against law enforcement, according to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

After Ms. DeLuca “passed the table out of the window,” according to the complaint, she appeared to use her cellphone to record video or take photographs of rioting. She later deleted several social media posts relating to the attack in a likely “attempt to thwart any subsequent criminal investigation,” according to the complaint, which was prepared by an F.B.I. agent.

Ms. DeLuca could not immediately be reached for comment on Monday, and it was unclear from court documents if she had a lawyer. She is a registered Republican, according to public records, and has more than 334,000 followers on X and 125,000 followers on Instagram. On Monday, she posted a message to X thanking her followers for the “kind messages and the support” and linking to a fund-raiser for her legal defense. An earlier post quoted a Psalm from the Bible: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?”

Ms. DeLuca was released the day of her arrest, her mother, Gina DeLuca, said by phone on Monday. She declined to comment on the charges or her daughter’s case.

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