Sentenced 1) Andrew Quentin Taake AKA Andrew Taake, Texas, beat cops with a metal whip and used bear spray. Federal agents used messages & location info from the BUMBLE dating app to make case against Andrew Taake. He never met the woman, but she happily let him brag and send pictures for her witness statement... He also likes being arrested… often:
2) Andrew Quentin Taake, Charged with Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers; Obstruction of Law Enforcement During Civil Disorder; Entering or Remaining, Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct, and Engaging in Physical Violence in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building, Impeding Passage Through and Act of Physical Violence on Capitol Grounds or Buildings; Parading, Demonstrating or Picketing in a Capitol Building. https://www.justice.gov/opa/case-multi-defendant/file/1415156/download A federal grand jury returned an 11-count superseding indictment Wants 45 more days to discuss plea deal. Plead guilty to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon, a felony. Judge Carl Nichols will sentence Taake on March 26, 2024, now May 5. Sentenced to: 74 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.
The metal whip he used to beat and injure officers.
3) Fed tweaked the language of civil disorder charge, adding that the Jan. 6 civil disorder also "adversely affected commerce and the movement of any article and commodity in commerce.” https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1455208449810251789
4) The govt is appealing Judge Nichol's dismissal of the 1512 count against Andrew Taake. https://twitter.com/sfoguj/status/1575847805129629696
5) ‘Political Prisoner’ of Capitol Protest Andrew Taake takes in $14,010 https://www.givesendgo.com/G9WA9 Now shows he Raised USD $2,226 so people can take from the account before the goal is reached unlike GFM. https://www.givesendgo.com/G9WA9
6) Judge Nichols said that Taake’s actions were “as serious as any other Jan. 6 defendant I sentenced” and that “others must be deterred” from committing similar conduct in the future. Bear spraying officers and carrying a metal whip, Nichols said, “is the farthest thing from First Amendment expression.”
7) Taake, while on pretrial release for a still-pending child-solicitation case in Texas, came to Washington, D.C., armed with bear spray and a metal whip. Taake attended the “Stop the Steal” rally on the Ellipse and was among the first to breach the restricted perimeter of the Capitol grounds and swarm the West Plaza. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/houston-man-sentenced-prison-assaulting-law-enforcement-dangerous-weapons-during-jan-6
8) Women in dating apps used them to catch willing blabbers who wanted to brag about what they did at the Capitol. This is s how Taake was caught: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-attack-bumble-takedown-jan-6-andrew-taake_n_6101b17ce4b00fa7af7ea007
9) At sentencing… “Taake came to the Capitol on January 6, 2021 armed with a whip designed to inflict maximal damage and a chemical irritant designed to stop a charging grizzly bear in its tracks,” prosecutors wrote. “In other words: Taake came prepared for violence.” (Metal whip called a stinger)
10) Judge suggests enhancement for man who sprayed, whipped police: U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols (tRUMPY judge who has been derided for weak sentencing and also misread a law… that SCOTUS may rule in favour of and get a lot of felonies dropped) said it was "clear as day" a three-level enhancement for causing bodily injury should apply to Andrew Taake. https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/jan-6-sentencing-hearing-implodes-as-judge-suggests-enhancement-for-man-who-sprayed-whipped-police-andrew-taake/65-079be18c-7cf2-47c0-90aa-6b5b5b9e652c
