A man in possession of weapons and materials to make explosives who is wanted for crimes tied to the January 6 insurrection was arrested near Barack Obama‘s Washington, D.C. home on Thursday.
Taylor Taranto, 37, fled after being spotted and chased by Secret Service. He ran in the direction of the former president’s home but was caught before getting there.
Taranto’s van was close to the location of the arrest. It contained multiple weapons and supplies to make an explosive similar to a Molotov cocktail. When apprehended, he said he had explosives, but emergency responders did not discover any assembled devices, only finding materials.
Thread: An interesting but unsurprising string of events just occurred. Taylor Taranto, a J6 #capitolinsider, was arrested while searching for "Secret Tunnels" outside Obama's home. https://t.co/8NxeiwG8Ya
— Kate Ross...
Taylor Taranto, 37, fled after being spotted and chased by Secret Service. He ran in the direction of the former president’s home but was caught before getting there.
Taranto’s van was close to the location of the arrest. It contained multiple weapons and supplies to make an explosive similar to a Molotov cocktail. When apprehended, he said he had explosives, but emergency responders did not discover any assembled devices, only finding materials.
Thread: An interesting but unsurprising string of events just occurred. Taylor Taranto, a J6 #capitolinsider, was arrested while searching for "Secret Tunnels" outside Obama's home. https://t.co/8NxeiwG8Ya
— Kate Ross...
- 6/30/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
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