Former Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near Obama's house is convicted on gun charges

[riversedge]

He seems like a dangerous man to me.


Former Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near Obama's house is convicted on gun charges

Taylor Taranto, a military veteran, was one of the roughly 1,500 Capitol riot defendants
President Donald Trump pardoned in January.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-jan-6-defendant-taylor-taranto-obama-house-convicted-gun-rcna207980?cid=referral_taboolafeed




May 20, 2025, 6:50 PM CDT By Ryan J. Reilly and Zoë Richards

WASHINGTON — A former Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested after he showed up at former President Barack Obama’s home in 2023 was convicted Tuesday of illegal possession of guns and ammunition.

Taylor Taranto, who was apprehended while he was livestreaming video near Obama’s house in Washington, D.C., was also found guilty of a false information and hoaxes charge related to a video he streamed a day earlier claiming he was on a “one-way mission” to blow up the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled on the case following a bench trial that got underway last week.


Taranto's attorney, Carmen Hernandez, blasted the verdict.

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Taranto had posted about appearing outside Obama’s residence the same day in June 2023 that Trump shared a screenshot on social media that included what he said was Obama’s Washington address. Prosecutors said Taranto reposted what Trump had shared and then posted about being outside Obama’s home, writing,
“We got these losers surrounded!”


Investigators said they found two guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in Taranto's van, along with a machete, when he was arrested. Prosecutors alleged that Taranto repeatedly said that he was trying to get a “shot” and that he wanted to get a “good angle on a shot.”....................

Link to tweet

https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2/rockcms/2023-07/230705-taylor-taranto-2-se-1213p-12-c8d20a.jpg
A firearm recovered from Taylor Taranto’s vehicle.U.S. District Court

[SheltieLover]

1. Lock him up & toss the key.

Pos

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. And this conviction is not one Been A Dick Donald can pardon

seeing as it's a state charge, of which the Pres. has zero authority to pardon or commute.