"The Department of Justice put two federal prosecutors on administrative leave just hours after they filed a sentencing memo in the case of a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter convicted of new crimes that included a short, accurate description of the Capitol riot. The case involved Taylor Taranto, a Washington state resident who was convicted in May of illegally carrying two firearms without a license, unlawfully possessing ammunition, and false information and hoaxes connected to threats he made while livestreaming himself."
"According to the DOJ, Taranto was livestreaming from his van on June 28, 2023 when he claimed that he had been working on a detonator, and said he intended to drive a car bomb into the National Institute of Standards and Technology building, targeting a neutron reactor located there. He drove his van to that location and ran away from it, suggesting an emergency. The next day, he broadcast again from the Kalorama neighborhood in Washington, D.C., where former President Barack Obama now resides."
Two Department of Justice prosecutors were placed on administrative leave hours after filing a sentencing memorandum in the case of Taylor Taranto. Taranto was convicted in May of illegally carrying two firearms without a license, unlawfully possessing ammunition, and making false statements and hoaxes tied to livestreamed threats. On June 28, 2023 he livestreamed claiming he had been working on a detonator and intended to drive a car bomb into the National Institute of Standards and Technology to target a neutron reactor; he drove to the site and fled. Officers later found a machete, two firearms, multiple magazines, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Prosecutors sought 27 months imprisonment, 35 months of supervised release, and fines. Taranto received a pardon from President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term. Sentencing is scheduled for Friday.
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