A Capitol rioter who boasted about chugging wine from a lawmaker's liquor cabinet has been arrested, FBI says
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- Jason Riddle told a local news station he downed wine from a Capitol office during the Jan. 6 riot.
- The FBI interviewed Riddle after the interview, and charged him in the insurrection last Friday.
- FBI agents arrested him on Monday.
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A Capitol rioter who had boasted to a local news outlet that he chugged wine stolen from a lawmaker's liquor cabinet has reportedly been arrested.
Jason Riddle, 32, of Keene, New Hampshire, was arrested by FBI agents in Boston on Monday, according to CBS Boston.
Riddle was charged Friday with illegally entering a restricted building, theft of government property, and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to a complaint.
As of Monday, 237 people have been charged in the insurrection.
The FBI interviewed Riddle on January 22 after an agency received a tip that he admitted taking part in the riot in a January 9 interview with NBC10.
Riddle told the FBI that he "walked into an office and found an open bottle of wine" and "poured himself a glass," the complaint said.
"Riddle then admitted to drinking the wine and then leaving the office after being told to do so by a police officer."
The FBI did not say which lawmaker's office Riddle took the wine from, but said that he also admitted to stealing a copy of "Senate Procedure" from the office.
Riddle then sold the book to another attendee for $40 outside the Capitol, and had also taken a Fox News football from the same office, the FBI said.
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In his NBC10 interview, Riddle said he went inside the Capitol because he got swept up in the moment and wanted to experience the scene.
"I just, I just had to see it," he said. "They were smashing computers, and printers, and breaking things, and throwing papers and lamps around."
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Riddle told NBC10 that he poured himself a glass of wine, "chugged it and got out of there." Riddle also shared a photo of himself holding the wine in hand with the news network, the FBI said.
But in his FBI interview, Riddle denounced those who destroyed public property during the insurrection.
"Those psychopaths going around breaking things and hurting people can rot in hell," he said.
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