UPDATE in comments
Arrested fugitive 1) Taylor Taranto AKA Taylor Franklin Taranto, Washington, US Navy Veteran, QAnon, ran an unsuccessful campaign for school board (He home schooled his kids FFS, which means he is likely also a Flynn QArmy ), and is webmaster for the Franklin County Republicans. He gave his metal cane, which was manufactured as a weapon *Fig 1, to David Walls-Kaufman to use on officer Jeffrey Smith at the US Capitol during the 6 January insurrection.. *Fig 2 He also picked up and threw pieces of metal scaffolding. *Fig 3 There are pictures of Taranto on the Franklin County Republican Party’s website with his arm around a cardboard tRUMP. https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article253693343.html
2) Officer Jeffrey Smith was injured and a former medical examiner says after the Jan 6 insurrection, being struck was the contributing factor of his suicide. Here is a clip of the attack from Insurgence USA: https://twitter.com/i/status/1426316810085978113 Taranto was also carrying a tactical “pen” meant to stab people in the face, neck, groin and vulnerable places… *Fig 4 A wrongful death suit was filed within hours of IDing the 2 culprits who struck him … SUIT: https://goodwinweberlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-main.pdf
3) This violent man proudly says he home schools his kids. He is being sued by the Widow of police officer Smith. What he taught his children that day will be memorable for the rest of their lives. Will they learn good lessons or were they indoctrinated into GQP lies by him? . https://goodwinweberlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2-main.pdf
4) VIDEO of the attacks officer Smith endured. He committed suicide days later.
5) On a Facebook account authorities say appears to be run by Taranto and his wife, Taranto posted a video in which he proclaimed to be inside the Capitol with the caption: "This is me `stormin' the capitol' lol I'm only sharing this so someone will report me to the feds and we can get this party rolling!" “Soooo... we’re in the Capitol building, the legislative building, we just stormed it,” Taranto says in the video. VIDEO here: https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1429942240797941767
6) "Taranto had been reposting conspiracy theories about the home. The conspiracy theories, posted on Truth social by Trump, claimed that there were secret tunnels beneath the Obama house, that it contained a “War Room” and was funded by left-wing philanthropist George Soros."
Taranto posted he was “looking for a shot”and that he “had them surrounded.”
"FBI agents monitoring Taranto’s social media accounts spotted a livestream on June 28 in which he claimed to be heading to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, indicating he planned to blow up his vehicle, according to investigators. Taranto indicated he had a detonator and that he was on a “’one way mission’ and the vehicle was self driving so he would not have to be anywhere near it when it ‘went off.’
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/wa-man-arrested-outside-obama-195505361.html
7) To really get a handle on this man's deranged thoughts, there is even more. TheyShouldHaveVaxxed also added even more about this guy's intentions (sadly is CNN - trying To Boycott so added another source) https://www.albanyherald.com/nation-in-brief-070623/article_ec7ee6a0-1b6b-11ee-98c9-9b279ffd2b10.html He lived in his van the previous weeks amd made several statements indicating that he intended to blow up his vehicle at NIST, including a statement that he had a detonator, that he was on a 'one way mission; also that the vehicle was self-driving so he would not have to be anywhere near it when it 'went off,'" prosecutors alleged, noting there is a nuclear reactor on the agency's 579-acre campus. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-taranto-obama-home-january-6-threatened-blow-up-government-building-feds/
8) The judge in this case, Faruqui, is an ass!!! "I'm just really concerned right now about flight risk," the judge said, adding later he was exploring "a couple options" for Taranto to be released into the custody of a third party until trial.
Officer Jeffrey Smith
*Fig 1 wielding a black cane, that investigators believe was a Ka-Bar TDI Self Defense Cane.
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*Fig 2 He also picked up and threw pieces of metal scaffolding.
*Fig 3 2018 Franklin County, WA Republican dinner shows Taylor Taranto posing with a cutout of LOSER45.
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*Fig 5 Firearms found in van
Video of the violence Taranto helped to innitiate and recur...
Taranto Bragging abiout how busy he is MAGAting... on his bio for a Republican site.
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article253693343.html
UPDATE
A Grand Jury returned a new superseding indictment charging Taylor Taranto with five additional felony counts:
Possession of an unregistered firearm (a Scorpion CS short-barreled rifle)
Carrying a pistol without a license (a Scorpion CZ pistol)
Unlawful possession of ammunition
False information and hoaxes
Obstruction of an official proceeding
"The false information charge, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of up to five years in prison, stems from comments Taranto allegedly made on a livestream in the days prior to his arrest in which he threatened to blow up his van near the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland."
"Taranto had also been a regular participant in the nightly vigil organized by supporters of Jan. 6 detainees, but was asked to stop participating shortly prior to his arrest last year for claiming Ashli Babbitt, the woman killed while attempting to climb through a window into the Speaker's Lobby on Jan. 6, was still alive." [Imagine being kicked out of a vigil by conspiracy theorist MAGA Jan 6 sympathizers! He was likely kicked out only because Babbit's mother attends almost daily]
"In September, Taranto said he had no interest in a plea offer from the government and sought a trial date as early as January. As of Thursday, Taranto was scheduled for a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols on July 8." https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/national/capitol-riots/taylor-taranto-jan-6-defendant-arrested-near-obama-home-indicted-on-five-new-felony-charges-capitol-riot-firearms-van-nist/65-97d86d27-7d32-445a-97ce-ebc51ad7f428
The memo also contains pictures of the two firearms — a S&W M&P Shield and a Ceska 9mm CZ Scorpion E3 — found in Taylor Taranto's van. Prosecutors say Taranto owned at least 20 guns, 18 of which have not been accounted for. https://twitter.com/JordanOnRecord/status/1676597019081682944
The picture on the right is Taylor pretending to use his weapon cane as a walking cane... He is also a MAGA who ran for office. There are many hundreds like him running to work with/for the tRUMP party... and as election officers.