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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Madeline Sherratt

Newly-pardoned Jan 6 rioter rearrested on child solicitation charges

Andrew Taake, 36, (pictured) was taken into custody on Thursday for a 2016 charge of online solicitation of a minor following an ongoing surveillance operation - (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia)

A freshly pardoned January 6 rioter who was granted freedom days into President Donald Trump’s second term has been rearrested for outstanding child sex crimes.

Andrew Taake, 36, was taken into custody on Thursday morning for a 2016 charge of online solicitation of a minor following an ongoing surveillance operation led by Harris County authorities, which confirmed he had been living in Leon County in Texas, around two hours north of Houston.

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