- Jason Riddle told a local news station that he drank wine from an office during the Capitol riot.
- The FBI questioned Riddle after that interview and accused him of the January 6 uprising.
- FBI agents arrested him on Monday.
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A man was arrested in connection with the United States Capitol riot after bragging to a local news agency that he drank wine stolen from a lawmaker’s liquor cabinet during the chaos.
Jason Riddle, 32, from Keene, New Hampshire, was arrested by special FBI agents in Boston on Monday, according to CBS Boston.
Riddle was accused on Friday of illegally entering a restricted building, theft of government property and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to a complaint.
As of Monday, 237 people had been accused of the insurrection.
The complaint said that the FBI interviewed Riddle on January 22, after receiving hints that he had given an interview on January 9 to NBC10, in which he admitted to having participated in the riot.
Riddle told the FBI that he “went 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 left the office after being instructed to do so by a police officer,” he added.
The FBI did not say which lawmaker’s office contained the wine, but said it also admitted to stealing a copy of the office’s “Senate Procedure”.
The FBI said Riddle sold the book to someone for $ 40 off Capitol Hill and also bought a Fox News football at the same office.
Protesters at the Capitol on January 6.
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In his interview with NBC10, Riddle said he entered the Capitol because he was taken by the moment and wanted to experience the scene.
“I just, I just had to see it,” he said. “They were breaking computers and printers and breaking things and throwing papers and light bulbs around.”
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Riddle told NBC10 that he poured himself a glass of wine, “took a sip and left.” Riddle also shared a photo with the news network of himself holding the stolen wine bottle, the FBI said.
In his interview with the FBI, Riddle apparently denounced those who destroyed public goods during the insurrection.
“Those psychopaths who are breaking things and hurting people can rot in hell,” he said, according to the complaint.