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Miles Archer

(20,814 posts) Mon Nov 10, 2025, 11:50 AM Monday

Trump-pardoned J-6 insurrectionist avoided prison for child sex offenses AFTER PLEADING GUILTY

A serial criminal avoided prison for child sex offenses thanks to President Donald Trump's pardon for his violent role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Andrew Taake pleaded guilty in September to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex, but The Daily Beast reported the 37-year-old was able to stay out of prison for the sex offense due to the "credit" he was given for time served behind bars for attacking a police office during the U.S. Capitol riot.

"Legal experts branded the decision 'exceptionally rare,'" the website reported. "Multiple attorneys told the Daily Beast that using 'credit' from a pardoned federal case for separate crimes to keep Taake out of prison on unrelated state charges was also 'ethically problematic.'"

”Especially moving from a political/protest crime to child exploitation,” Washington-based trial attorney Evan Oshan told the outlet.

https://www.rawstory.com/andrew-taake-jan-6-2674281500/

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Trump-pardoned J-6 insurrectionist avoided prison for child sex offenses AFTER PLEADING GUILTY (Original Post) Miles Archer Monday OP

Does Trump make any sense? bucolic_frolic Monday #1

The only logical answer: TommyT139 Monday #3

To Donald Trump, the only thing that makes someone "really bad" is not supporting Donald Trump. tanyev Monday #4

Birds of a feather, right? Heidi Monday #2

bucolic_frolic

(53,228 posts)

1. Does Trump make any sense?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 11:54 AM

Monday

He wants to deport all the alleged rapists and murderers that are "really bad people" and who largely exist in the caverns of his mind, then he pardons would be sex offender here at home. WTF?

TommyT139

(2,068 posts)

3. The only logical answer:

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 12:27 PM

Monday

Either his people don't really think that the pedo's crime is serious -- this particular trumper --

Or trumpers can do anything and will hereafter always have some version of a "get out of jail free" card -- whether that means no jail time at all, or Maxwell using taxpayer dollars at Club Fed until Trump signs another birthday card, this time for her.

tanyev

(48,279 posts)

4. To Donald Trump, the only thing that makes someone "really bad" is not supporting Donald Trump.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 01:30 PM

Monday

Heidi

(58,846 posts)

2. Birds of a feather, right?

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2025, 11:56 AM

Monday

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