A man who was arrested on suspicion of firing a gun during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Utah.

John Banuelos, 40, was among the more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the 2021 attack whom Donald Trump pardoned, commuted, or dismissed on his first day back in the White House.

The Cook County Sheriff’s Department in Illinois announced on Nov. 7 that Banuelos has now been arrested on suspicion of separate charges unrelated to the Capitol riot.

According to court records seen by the Associated Press, a woman accuses Banuelos of drugging and sexually assaulting her in June 2018 after approaching her at a train station and taking her to a party at his home.

The woman also alleged that Banuelos strangled her, struck her

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