Trump-Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested on Child Solicitation Charges

Andrew Taake, 36, was apprehended in Texas after being released from federal prison following a presidential pardon, facing unresolved charges from 2016.

Andrew Taake, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 Capitol riots, has been arrested in Texas on a 2016 charge of online solicitation of a minor.
Taake was accused of sending sexually explicit messages to an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old girl in a sting operation conducted by the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
He had been serving a six-year federal prison sentence for assaulting police officers with bear spray and a metal whip during the Capitol riots before his release on January 20, 2025, under Trump’s mass pardon.
Harris County authorities had requested federal officials hold Taake due to the outstanding warrant, but he was released despite their efforts to prevent it.
Taake was located and arrested in Leon County, Texas, after a surveillance operation, and he is now awaiting transfer to Harris County Jail where he will face the unresolved charges.

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