"However, Taake avoided prison for it because of the time he already served for attacking a police officer during the January 2021 riot. Had Trump not pardoned Taake, he would've served a six-year sentence for the rioting, and then he would have received a separate prison sentence for his child exploitation charges. But since Trump's pardon essentially declared Taake as innocent of any wrongdoing, the prison time he spent while "innocent" got applied to his child exploitation charge instead."
"Federal prosecutors said Taake used bear spray and a metal whip to assault U.S. Capitol police officers, and then bragged about it to a woman he met through an online dating app, Bumble. The woman then reported him to federal authorities, leading to his arrest and 2023 conviction. Trump has referred to the hundreds of January 6 rioters that he pardoned "true patriots.""
Andrew Taake, 37, pleaded guilty in September to arranging a sexual encounter online with an individual he believed to be a 15-year-old in 2016. Time Taake served after attacking a police officer during the January 6, 2021 riot was applied to his child exploitation charge because Donald Trump pardoned Taake for the rioting. Legal observers described applying time served on a pardoned federal charge to unrelated state child exploitation charges as ethically problematic and exceptionally rare. Federal prosecutors said Taake used bear spray and a metal whip against officers and bragged to a woman who reported him, leading to his arrest and 2023 conviction.
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