Supporters of Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. – Lev Radin / Pacific Press / Shutterstock / SIPA
Perhaps he shouldn’t have bragged about it on the dating site… A 50-year-old New Yorker, Robert Chapman, has been indicted by the American justice system after being proud, during a conversation on dating app Bumble, for participating in the invasion of the Capitol in Washington last January.
On January 6, a crowd of supporters of Donald Trump, encouraged by the Republican billionaire, stormed the Capitol to challenge the certification of the results of the presidential election of November 2020 and the victory of Joe Biden.
“I invaded the Capitol. I even made it to Statuary Hall! “
A week later, Robert Chapman told someone he was chatting with about Bumble that he had been part of the riot group. “I invaded the Capitol. I even made it to Statuary Hall! “, He had trumpeted in a conversation, the screenshot of which was released by the American justice system.
“We are not compatible,” replied the other person, laconic, who then hastened to contact the police.
Photos and messages posted on Facebook
After this report, an FBI agent studied security camera footage to identify Robert Chapman, who was in that room on the Capitol during the riots. The FBI also found photos and messages posted on Facebook, which attest to the presence of Robert Chapman inside the seat of the United States government on January 6.
According to the New York television station WNBC, Robert Chapman was arrested Thursday in the city of Carmel (State of New York), then appeared by videoconference in federal court. He was then released on parole.