Jason Daniel Riddle biography: 13 things about Donald Trump supporter from Keene, New Hampshire

Jason Daniel Riddle is a white man from New Hampshire, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He lives in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. (a)
2. He is married to Robert Schoen. (b)
3. From 2018 to 2019, he worked as a corrections officer at a county jail. (b)
4. In 2020, he started working as bartender at 99 Restaurant in Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA. (b)
5. At the age of 31, he announced his plan to run as a Republican for a seat held by then Cheshire County commissioner Charles “Chuck” Weed in February 2020. He was in the process of moving from Winchester, Cheshire County to Keene with Schoen at the time.
6. He is a military veteran. (c)
7. He is a proud Donald Trump supporter. He believes that Trump defeated Joe Biden in the U.S. presidential election in November 2020. (c)
8. On January 6, 2021, he took an Uber with two friends to the area near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., USA. While the two friends departed, he entered the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. That day, Trump’s supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Biden’s victory in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. During the riot, he took a photo of himself holding a bottle of wine he stole while inside the building. (a)
9. He worked as a mail carrier at the U.S. Postal Service. On January 7, 2021, he resigned from his position and announced his plan to run for Cheshire County commissioner. (c)
10. On January 9, 2021, he said he did not regret entering the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021 but added “those psychopaths going around breaking things and hurting people can rot in hell.” (c)
11. On January 22, 2021, Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents executed a court authorized search warrant on his home in Keene and seized his mobile device. He told the agents that while he was inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, he walked into an office, found an open bottle of wine, drank the wine and left the office after being told so by a police officer. He also admitted that he stole a book titled “Senate Procedure” from the office and sold it to an unknown man for $40 after he exited the building. (a)
12. FBI special agent Kevin M. Helson filed a criminal complaint against him, which was signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey on February 5, 2021. For his participation in the U.S. Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, he was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, theft of government property and violent entry and disorderly conduct on U.S. Capitol grounds. (a) (d)
13. On February 8, 2021, he was arrested without incident by the FBI Boston Division’s New Hampshire Joint Terrorism Task Force with the help of the Keene Police Department. (e)

(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)

SOURCES:

• a. Kevin M. Helson
• b. Sentinel Source
• c. NBC Boston
• d. Sentinel Source
• e. News Center Maine

If you have information about someone who participated in the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, call 1-800-CALL-FBI. You may also submit relevant photos and videos to the FBI.