Posted on 06/30/2023 7:11:20 PM PDT by Coronal
WASHINGTON — A Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol wearing a “Make Space Great Again” hat had two guns and 400 rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested Thursday near former President Barack Obama’s home, federal authorities said Friday.
A federal prosecutor said in court Friday that Taylor Taranto, a 37-year-old man first identified by online sleuths in August 2021, also had a machete in the van he appeared to be living in. Taranto's van has been parked near the D.C. jail in recent weeks and he has appeared at protests in support of other Jan. 6 defendants, videos on social media show. Noting that he lived in the van, a federal prosecutor said Taranto had “nowhere to go.”
Taranto currently faces four misdemeanor counts in connection with Jan. 6, the federal prosecutor said.
The prosecutor said that Taranto has been in Washington to take House Speaker Kevin McCarthy up on his offer of letting Jan. 6 defendants review security footage of the Capitol riot relevant to their cases. Taranto had posted recordings of phone calls he made trying to get access to the footage to his social media.
Taranto has acknowledged entering the Capitol on Jan. 6 in social media posts and questioned why authorities had not arrested him. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Taranto showed up at Obama's residence on Thursday after former President Donald Trump posted screenshots on his Truth Social platform that featured a purported address for Obama's home in Washington. Taranto's account reposted Trump's post.
"We got these losers surrounded!" Taranto wrote on Telegram yesterday. "See you in hell, Podesta's and Obama's!"
Taranto will be held in custody at least until a detention hearing on Wednesday. Federal Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey said Friday he had "some concern" about Taranto's mental stability.
Taranto was identified by members of the Sedition Hunters community after a facial recognition search turned up photos of him posing with a cardboard cutout of Trump at county GOP events in his home state of Washington.
They cover up every story about the degenerate Hunter and the people controlling Joe Biden but have lots of room for this.
Starting with “Trump supporter....”
Dirty media trash.
I smell shit.
Just like the guy that shot up Ping Pong Pizza right?
NBC forgot to mention that he had nooses in the back, and Tucker Carlson paraphernalia.
Might as well get the narrative correct.
Another false flag.
“Taranto was identified by members of the Sedition Hunters community...”
Who “the Sedition Hunters”?
Brownshirts or Stasi... Take your pick...
Let me guess, the van was totally plastered with brand new Trump ‘24 stickers.
“Sedition Hunters”.....they must be a branch of the SPLC.
Nice try, FBI.
WOW. The MSM is literally a branch of the communist government.
Why do the Obamas still live in Washington DC?
Did the van have govt plates?
“Why do the Obamas still live in Washington DC?”
Washington, DC is downhill of all of the USA - our masters live swell lives.
Buzz word yahoo! 400 rds? Really?
“Why do the Obamas still live in Washington DC?”
The Washington, DC area had many wonderful restaurants and bookstores when I lived in Reston, VA.
First the article said he was “ near” Obama’s residence then later it says he pilled up “at” Obama’s residence.
Just out of curiosity, I would like to know what the actual distance was because it sounds like Clinton’s “depends on what the definition of is is.”
A homeless guy from Washington State sounds more like an Antifa recruit.
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