Taylor Taranto, who was recently arrested near former President Barack Obama's D.C. residence with a van full of guns, openly talked about plans to commit acts of violence, federal prosecutors allege.
In a court filing flagged by CBS News' Scott MacFarlane, prosecutors revealed that Taranto, 37, made a live stream on YouTube on June 28th in which he "made several statements indicating that he intended to blow up his vehicle" at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Although he never carried out this plan, prosecutors allege that he then turned his attention toward Obama's house in Washington D.C., which came to his attention shortly after former President Donald Trump posted Obama's purported address on his Truth Social network.
Prosecutors allege that, after promoting the address on his own Truth Social account, Taranto then went on Telegram and boasted to his followers, "We got these losers surrounded! See you in hell, Podesta’s and Obama’s."
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Taranto drove to the neighborhood and began filming himself talking about "entrance points" that he could use to potentially get into the buildings in the neighborhood.
"We’re gonna find a way to the tunnels, underneath their houses," he said at one point.
Taranto's apparent reconnaissance mission ended, however, when he was approached by members of the United States Secret Service, attempted to flee, and was apprehended.
