The US Department of Justice indicted a participant in the Capitol Riot, after he was discovered for bragging about victories on online dating app Bumble.
Robert Chapman – New York resident – was arrested on April 22. This person was charged with 4 less serious crimes, CNN reporting.
Court documents show that a week after the riot, Chapman told an acquaintance via the Bumble app that he broke into the Capitol. Chapman also boasted of being interviewed by several news agencies. The other Bumble app user replied Chapman that “we don’t match”. The person then contacted the FBI and provided screenshots of the conversation, prosecutors said. 
Robert Chapman was discovered after showing off his victory at the Capitol with an acquaintance through the dating application Bumble. Photo: Newsweek. Authorities compared Chapman’s Bumble profile photo with that of a security camera and a police camera on the Capitol. Thanks to that, the police concluded Chapman really broke into the headquarters of the US Congress. Before January 6, Chapman wrote on Facebook that he was going to the “District of Criminality” (a mockery of the Washington District of Columbia). On January 6, Chapman posted on Facebook that he was inside the “trashy Capitol”. Posting posts that boast victories on social media is one of the characteristic behaviors of those involved in the Capitol riot. Thanks to information on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, the authorities have discovered dozens of people participating in the riot. To date, more than 390 people have been indicted for their involvement in the Capitol riots.
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