Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge

[highplainsdem]

Source: Texas Tribune

A Houston man who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection has been arrested on an outstanding child sex crimes charge.

Andrew Taake, 36, was taken into custody on Thursday after spending more than two weeks as a fugitive, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said. He had previously been charged with online solicitation of a minor stemming from a 2016 incident in which he allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to an undercover law enforcement officer who was posing as a 15-year-old girl.

Taake was among the roughly 1,600 people, including 120 Texans, who were charged for their roles in the U.S. Capitol riot, which ultimately resulted in five deaths, injuries to 140 police officers, at least $2.8 million in damage and roughly 1,575 federal criminal cases.

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Taake’s release was condemned by Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, who said that his office had faxed a copy of Taake’s outstanding warrant to the Federal Bureau of Prisons five days before he was pardoned. After about two weeks on the lam, Taake was located and arrested at a residence in Leon County, Texas, the Harris County DA said Thursday.

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Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/arrest-trump-pardon-insurrection/

[SheltieLover]

1. Shocking

[highplainsdem]

2. Found this thanks to a Mueller, She Wrote post on Bluesky:

NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...

— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-02-07T00:21:34.151Z

[paleotn]

3. Is it just me, or does there seem to be a pattern here.

GOP = Grand Old Pedos? Yep.

[AverageOldGuy]

4. I have not been keeping track . . .

. . . of how many of the J6 thugs who Trump pardoned have been re-arrested, tried, found guilty when they got back home.

From reading snippets on the 'net, I suspect the number is close to 100.

My favorite was this asshole who was pardoned on Jan 22, 2025, by Trump -- he lasted 5 days, until Jan 27, 2025:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/indiana-man-pardoned-by-trump-is-fatally-shot-by-officer-during-traffic-stop

RENSSELAER, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man was fatally shot by a deputy during a traffic stop just days after he was pardoned by President Donald Trump for a misdemeanor related to the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.

Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart was killed Sunday by a Jasper County sheriff's deputy, authorities said.

State police are investigating. They said the deputy tried to arrest Huttle when "an altercation took place between the suspect and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect.

I hope they pinned a medal on this deputy sheriff.

[AverageOldGuy]

5. Answering my own question

As of Dec 18, 2025, looks as though at least 33 pardoned by Trump are back in the arms of the law . . . except for one who is six feet under.

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/at-least-33-pardoned-insurrectionists-face-other-criminal-charges-but-many-are-now-going-free/

At least 33 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by President Trump have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021, according to new analysis by CREW. Four pardoned insurrectionists have allegedly reoffended since receiving their pardons. Several have argued that the pardon should cover unrelated criminal convictions, and in one case last month, Trump explicitly re-pardoned one insurrectionist for his unrelated weapons charges.

Six of the pardoned January 6th insurrectionists are charged with committing child sex crimes, ranging from sexual assault to possession of child pornography. At least five were charged with illegal possession of weapons, including at least two who had a previous domestic violence conviction. Five were arrested or charged with driving while impaired or under the influence. In two of these cases, the defendant’s reckless driving resulted in a fatality. Two were charged with rape.

In four cases, the insurrectionists allegedly reoffended after receiving their pardons from Trump. Most recently, Christopher Moynihan was charged with a felony for threatening to murder House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in October. John Andries was convicted in June for violating a peace order by following the mother of his child in violation of a court order. Brent Holdridge and Zachary Alam were charged in May with burglary and breaking and entering, respectively.

The first thing I noticed was how many of these were arrested on child sex crimes.

[Luciferous]

6. Another perv, big surprise 🙄

Trump will probably offer him a job in the administration.