Pelosi aide expected to testify in trial of Jan. 6 defendant accused of stealing speaker’s office laptop

Fleet’s turn on the stand comes at a fraught political moment, just weeks after an assailant broke into Pelosi’s San Francisco home and assaulted her husband. The attack renewed attention on the rising threats of violence toward members of Congress — and in particular, Pelosi, who was the target of many who breached the Capitol seeking to prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 election.

In addition to his role as a Pelosi adviser…