Jan. 6 Defendant Arrested at Obama’s Home Faces New Felony Charges

A Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near the Washington home of former President Barack Obama over the summer after former President Donald Trump posted a screenshot that included the address has been hit with five new charges.

A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against Taylor Taranto, who, as NBC News reported, was first identified by online sleuths back in 2021 but wasn’t arrested until last June when he showed up near Obama’s home.

Three of the new charges relate to guns and ammunition that alleged to have been found in Taranto’s van when he was arrested. Taranto also faces a felony charge of obstruction of an official proceeding for his conduct on Jan. 6, 2021. He also faces a charge of false information and hoaxes, accused of falsely threatening that he was going to set off an explosive at the National Institute of Standards and Technology before his eventual arrest.After he was identified by online “sedition hunters” but before his arrest, Taranto and another man, David Walls-Kaufman, were sued by the widow of the late Officer Jeffrey Smith. Smith was assaulted on Jan. 6 and died by suicide days after the Capitol attack. His death was ruled to have occurred in the line of duty.

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