Key takeaways:
- Washington D.C. law enforcement arrested Taylor Taranto, 37, of Seattle, Washington, with materials to make explosives in the former President Barack Obama’s neighborhood on Thursday.
- Taranto had an active warrant related to the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol and had previously made disturbing social media threats against a public figure.
- Taranto is facing a lawsuit from the widow of a Metropolitan Police Department officer who died by suicide and had been living in a van near the D.C. jailhouse in recent weeks.
Washington D.C. law enforcement arrested a man with materials to make explosives in the former President Barack Obama’s neighborhood on Thursday. The suspect, Taylor Taranto, 37, of Seattle, Washington, had an active warrant related to the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
According to a law enforcement source, Taranto had previously made disturbing social media threats against a public figure. The Secret Service spotted Taranto within blocks of the Obama’s home, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the matter.
Taranto is facing a lawsuit from the widow of a Metropolitan Police Department officer who died by suicide. He recently showed up at the sentencing of David Walls-Kaufman, his co-defendant in the lawsuit.
In recent weeks, Taranto has been living in a van near the D.C. jailhouse, according to his social media, and has repeatedly wondered in online posts why he had not yet been arrested over Jan. 6.
The arrest of Taranto is the latest development in the ongoing investigation into the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. Law enforcement is continuing to investigate the incident and has arrested several individuals in connection with the attack.
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