10 capitol riot suspects who led police right to their front door

The appointed congressional house committee, hand-picked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, is set to start its deliberations on Tuesday. The hearing will commence with testimony from two U.S. Capitol police officers present during the riots.

At it stands now, 587 people have been arrested and charged with crimes linked to what has been called “one of the most well-documented crimes in US history.” This is likely due to the slew of suspects who enthusiastically broadcasted their Jan 6. shenanigans on social media, thus leading authorities right to their doors.

Here are ten examples of capitol riot suspects who very much told on themselves on social media.

Doug Rahm

Doug Rahm of Pennsylvania outed himself on Facebook. While he deleted most of the live footage he posted, he did leave one comment, which was captured by a Facebook friend who then turned him in. “Riot shields and pepper spray never hurt anyone did they,” he wrote in response to a friend asking if he was OK. “Home alive. History made. I walked right through Pelosi’s office I should have s*** on her chair.” He also allegedly commented, “P***ed in her [Nancy Pelosi’s] office,” and “yes do not believe the media there were no anarchist no Antifa just patriots trying to take our country back. Yes I was there the pepper spray is just wearing off.”

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Rahm had initially posted an image of the Capitol building, writing, “They’re in there counting the electoral votes we have the building surrounded we’re ready to make a breach and take our Capitol back.” It was quickly deleted, but a friend managed to capture a screen grab.

Anna Morgan-Lloyd

Anna Morgan-Lloyd of Florida is yet another suspect who revealed their involvement via Facebook. In response to a comment asking if she had gone inside the Capitol building, Lloyd wrote, “Yes Ma’am! Probably in the first group of 100-200 people. Picking glass out of my purse.”

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Later she commented, “that was the most exciting day of my life,” followed by, “I’m so glad we were there. For the experience and memory but most of all we can spread the truth about what happened and open the eyes of some of our friends.”

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In yet another post, Lloyd wrote, “I’m here. Best day ever. We stormed the capitol building me and Donna Bissey were in the first 50 people in.” (Donna Bissey has since also been arrested.)

Jonathan Gennaro Mellis

Jonathan Gennaro Mellis, who went by just Jon Gennaro on Facebook, posted several photos — including selfies — from the Capitol on Jan. 6. According to witnesses who followed “Jon” online, he had bene posting “with increasing frequency” about the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, before publicly posting his pictures from the Capitol.

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“Storming the Castle,” he captioned the photos. “The world heard US!!! Finally not Ignored. (Anti and BLM will burn your city down for Marxism.) We storm THE SWAMP for FREEDOM!!! We want a forensic audit of the vote. Simple. We will not go away. We will not surrender.”

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In a follow up comment, Jon wrote, “Don’t you dare try to tell me that people are blaming this on Antifa and BLM. We proudly take responsibility for storming the Castle.”

Jon was also caught on camera attempting to stab at Capitol officers with a “blunt weapon.”

Jeremy Vorous

Jeremy Vorous of Pennsylvania live-updated his experience at the Capitol on Facebook, as well. First, he posted a series of images posing inside and outside the building, captioned, “Yeah we in dis mofo [sic].”

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Later, he published a photo of a crowd attempting to gain entry through a door. “Bout to rush in again diff door,” he said.

Vorous also implicated himself in various Facebook comments. In one, he wrote “We will take what we want,” sharing an image of him posting with a statue inside. In another comment, he attached a photo with yet another statue, writing “does that look staged to you I promise the beanbags were real the base is still burning on me aft a shower and 5 hrs, [sic] the gas was real the flash grenades were also real the dead girl was 10ft [sic] from me.”

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Daniel and Daryl Johnson

Daniel Johnson of Iowa posted a public picture of the Capitol crowd on Jan. 7. “Couple thousand?? Lol try like 4 million people,” he captioned the image.

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According to screenshots obtained by the FBI, Johnson also wrote on a friend’s Facebook page in comments: “I was one of the first ones inside the capital [sic] building,” to which the friend replied, “f***ing traitor.” In a private message to a different friend, he said “Lol Dad and I were one of the first ones inside.” Both Daniel and his father Daryl have since been charged.

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Andrew Taake

Andrew Taake of Texas outed himself via dating app Bumble. On Jan. 9, 2021, Taake’s match asked: “Yeah the whole thing was wild! Were you near all the action?” Taake then responded, “Yes. From the very beginning. I was pepper sprayed.” He then sent a photo of himself, allegedly shortly after having been sprayed, and admitted to having been inside the building for approximately 30 minutes.

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Taake’s match immediately notified the authorities.

Robert Chapman

Bumble brought down New York’s Robert Chapman, as well. On Jan. 13, Chapman matched with someone on Bumble and boasted of his involvement with the storming of the Capitol.

“I did storm the capitol,” he said via direct message. “I made it all the way into Statuary Hall! Did an interview with Robert O’Morrow of the Washington Post.”

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“Also did online interview with Jess Brevins of the WSJ,” he continued. “We are not a match,” the match said in reply, before sending a screenshot to law enforcement. Authorities later uncovered Chapman’s Facebook account, under the name of “Robert Erick.” On Jan. 8th, he posted, “I’M F**IN INSIDE THE CRAPITOL!!!”

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Pat Stedman

Pat Stedman told on himself via Twitter. On Jan. 6, Stedman posted a video, blatantly discussing his participation in the riots: “I was pretty much in the first wave, and we broke down the doors and climbed up the back part of the Capitol building, and got all the way into the chambers,” he said. He posted several live videos from the scene, as well.

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Two separate witnesses, both of whom saw the footage, turned Stedman into the FBI. The second alleged that Stedman had been “bragging” about “storming the Capitol,” and “encouraging his tens of thousands of fans to join him in DC for weeks.”

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Indeed, screenshots from Stedman’s Twitter posted December 30, 2020, say, “Highly, HIGHLY recommend all patriots come to DC on the 6th. This will be a turning point in our nation. Will eventually be a national holiday akin to the 4th of July. You will want to tell your grandchildren you were there.”

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Nicholas Ochs

Nicholas Ochs, who is best known as the founder of Hawaii’s chapter of right-wing extremist group “The Proud Boys,” took to Twitter to boast about his having entered the Capitol on Jan. 6.

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“Hello from the Capital lol,” he tweeted alongside an image in which he appears to be smoking a cigarette inside the building. He then told CNN, “We didn’t have to break in, I just walked in and filmed….there were thousands of people in there.”

Ochs was immediately arrested upon landing in Hawaii.