WASHINGTON — A conspiracy-minded Donald Trump supporter who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was arrested Thursday in the vicinity of the property of former President Barack Obama, a legislation enforcement official instructed NBC News.
Taylor Taranto, who was identified by on the internet sleuths in August 2021 and is experiencing a lawsuit from the widow of a Metropolitan Police Section officer who died by suicide, recently showed up at the sentencing of David Walls-Kaufman, his co-defendant in the lawsuit.
Though Partitions-Kaufman was arrested last 12 months and has by now been sentenced, Taylor had not been billed.
In latest months, Taranto has been dwelling in a van in the vicinity of the D.C. jailhouse, according to his social media, and has frequently puzzled in on the net posts why he experienced not however been arrested over Jan. 6. Taranto also posted a movie of himself on YouTube within the Capitol for the duration of the riot.
Charging papers in his circumstance were not but available, and it was not distinct when Taranto would make a court docket overall look.
NBC News has been examining Taranto’s Telegram account. His previous submit was a url to a site touting conspiracy theories about the Obama’s dwelling.
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