A Texas man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 was turned in to the FBI by his match on dating app, Bumble.
According to the criminal complaint, three days after the riot, the Federal Bureau of Investigation received a tip from a person who communicated with Andrew Quentin Taake on Bumble during the riot.
The individual provided screenshots of their conversation to the FBI showing Taake bragging about his role in the riot.
“Yeah the whole thing was wild! Were you near all the action?” the match asked.
“Yes from the very beginning. I was pepper sprayed, tear gassed, and hit with batons for peacefully standing there,” Taake responded.
He then sent a photo of himself which he said was taken “about 30 minutes after being sprayed.”
“Safe to say I was the very first person to be sprayed that day…all while just standing there,” Taake said.
But, the criminal complaint tells a different story.
The FBI also found publicly posted videos and photos in which the Taake is shown inside the Capitol at the time of the riot.
“Several of these images show Taake using what appears to be a metal whip and pepperspray to attack law enforcement officers,” the complaint said.
In one instance as officers rushed to help other officers protect the Capitol from being overrun “Taake emerged from the crowd and can be seen striking officers with a weapon that appears to be a whip. After the attack, Taake retreated back into the crowd,” the complaint read.
Taake was arrested on Friday. He faces multiple charges including, assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers; as well as obstructing law enforcement during civil disorder.
Taake is the second Capitol rioter who was turned in to the FBI after bragging about storming the Capitol on Bumble. Robert Chapman, a resident of New York was arrested in April after he told his match on Bumble, “I did storm the capitol” and that he “made it all the way into Statuary Hall.”
