A New Hampshire man who told a local news agency that he had ‘smothered’ wine he found during an assault on the US Capitol on a US troop in January was arrested on Monday.
Jason Daniel Riddle, of Keene, is charged with three federal charges, including theft of government property, according to a criminal charge Friday.
It was no secret that Riddle entered the US capital after the mob stormed it on January 6, the day Congress had to count the votes that confirmed Joe Biden’s election as president – he said in ‘ an interview with NBC Boston, which was quoted by the FBI in court documents.
In an interview, a few days after the riot, Riddle, 32, said he went to the protest in Washington, DC, but did not want to break anything and was ‘in shock’ after a group broke into the Capitol.
But he said he followed the crowd inside. “I had to see it,” he said, adding that he found a bottle of wine in an office, poured a glass for him and “stabbed” it and then got away. ‘
A criminal charge accuses Riddle of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or site without lawful authority; theft of government property; and violent trespassing and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.
There is no attorney for Riddle listed in online federal court records Monday night.
Riddle allegedly admitted to the FBI in the January 22 interview that he entered the building after a “big dude” smashed a window with a cane and opened the door. According to a statement from the FBI, Riddle said he went into the initial rush.
He told the FBI that he found the wine in an office – later determined to be the Senator’s office – and poured him a glass, and that he also took a book “Senate Procedure” which he sold to someone outside for $ 40. , according to the FBI document.
People from across the country were arrested in connection with the attack on the Capitol that resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer in the Capitol.
The House of Representatives accused President Donald Trump for an unprecedented second time on January 13; the article of accusation accuses him of ‘incitement to rebellion’. The trial in the Senate is scheduled to begin Tuesday.
Riddle said in an interview with NBC Boston that although he is a Trump supporter, he denounced that “those psychopaths go around, break things, hurt people” and said that they “can rot in hell” .
Keene is a town of about 23,000 in the southwestern part of New Hampshire.
