Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter now at large over allegation of soliciting a minor

[cbabe]

https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-riot-2671006638/

Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter now at large over allegation of soliciting a minor

Erik De La Garza
January 27, 2025 3:49PM ET

A MAGA rioter who was convicted of pepper-spraying officers and striking them with a metal "whip-like device" during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack “is still at large” for a 2016 solicitation charge involving a minor, according to media reports.

Police in Houston are on the hunt for Andrew Taake, who was released from federal custody last week after President Donald Trump issued a blanket pardon to him and about 1,500 other Capitol rioters, HuffPost reported Monday.

He had been serving a six-year prison sentence for his actions on Jan. 6, when he stormed the Capitol while out on bond on allegations of soliciting a minor online under 17 years old with the expectation that the victim “would engage in sexual contact” with him, the publication added.

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“Before Andrew Taake’s release from custody in Florence, Colorado, on January 20, a member of our Harris County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Warrants Division requested that federal authorities hold him, due to his pending warrant in Harris County,” Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told the outlet. “That request was filed back in 2022. The Bureau of Prisons informed our office they must have a certified warrant to prevent Taake’s release. Although a clerk faxed a copy of that warrant on January 15, Taake was released five days later, in accordance with President Trump’s Pardon order.”

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[mimitabby]

1. Fingers crossed

I hope they catch him fast

[Silent Type]

2. If I'm counting correctly-- One arrested on gun charge, one shot by police, and now this creep.

[riversedge]

5. Yes, correct.

[TomSlick]

12. That's my count.

They're re-offending at an amazing pace.

[Silent Type]

13. Yeah, we're talking within 4 days or so.

[Ms. Toad]

15. Time for Trump to deport them.

After all, he said he didn't want violent repeat offenders in our country at all and was spouting BS about deporting them.

[jls4561]

3. Have they looked for him at Matt Gaetz' house?

[riversedge]

4. goodness. Looks like the prison really fuc**k up. Hope they find the creep!!

[FHRRK]

16. No

The fucking POS MAGAts in the hierarchy did it on purpose.

Not one person who voted for the Shitstain deserves the benefit of the doubt.

[Pinback]

6. Bludgeon them with this every day

the way they bludgeoned Dukakis with Willie Horton.

[Hekate]

7. They're not sending their best, are they?

[mr715]

8. Ooof

Lets get 1 of these a day for the next 1500 days.

[Cha]

9. And the hits keep

Coming for these Domestic Terrorists…. that were pardoned by the head of the Snake

[marble falls]

10. No one but the best. Tourists, who expected donald j. drumpth to march with them or at least show up at the Capital, too

[boonecreek]

11. Holy crap!

That's three in the space of a week. How long before half of them are locked up again?

[dchill]

20. Too long.

[AverageOldGuy]

14. THREE down

This one.

The one shot by cops in Indiana while resisting arrest.

One arrested in Florida only hours after being freed by Trump.

1500 - 3 = 1497 to go.

[tanyev]

17. It's as if they're horrible people who would have gotten locked up for something eventually.

[Dem2theMax]

18. Said it before and I'll say it again.

Trump pardoned them, and they think they have immunity for future crimes.

Nice to know these traitors are receiving a
well-deserved second dose of FAFO.

I hope repeat offender number 3 is caught soon.
This time, throw away the key.

[Enter stage left]

19. Well of course he was...

One pedophile pardoning another pedophile!