Prosecutors said Friday Taylor Taranto had previously live-streamed himself near a Maryland school to 'send a shockwave' to a member of Congress.
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, law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told CBS News. He was apprehended before entering a restricted security zone around the former president's home. Jan. 6 Capitol attack According to a senior law enforcement official, Taranto had been in Washington, D.C., area for a couple of months and was seen camping out in his van near the D.C. jail where many of the Jan. 6 defendants are being held.
Taranto and Kaufman are also named as codefendants in a civil lawsuit alleging the pair contributed to the death of former Washington, D.C. police officer Jeffrey Smith, who died by suicide days after he responded to the Capitol breach. File: Jan. 6 suspect Taylor Tarranto says in live stream on Jan. 6, 2021,"So we're in the Capitol Building ... we just stormed it."In court on Friday, Taranto appeared wearing a t-shirt and shorts and spoke only briefly in response to questions from the court.
Taranto's public defender told the judge that Taranto's wife — who still lives in Washington state — was willing to virtually address the court to attest that her husband would be able to live at home again to avoid detention. The defense also offered another alternative to detention — that Taranto could live with his in-laws in Connecticut.
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