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Taylor Taranto
Convicted of
Federal (J6): Obstruction of an Official Proceeding; Entering and/or Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building (J6 counts dismissed February 12, 2025). Separate charges (not J6): Possession of an Unregistered Firearm; Carrying a Pistol Without a License (2 counts); Possession of a Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device; Unlawful Possession of Ammunition; False Information and Hoaxes.
Original sentence
J6 charges dismissed with prejudice February 12, 2025. Convicted on separate firearms and hoax charges; sentenced to 21 months incarceration (time served) plus 3 years supervised release.
Post-pardon activity
1mentions
1new offense
New Offenses After Pardon(1)
Taranto was sentenced to time served (21 months) plus three years of supervised release for firearms charges stemming from his 2023 arrest near Barack Obama's home, where he had livestreamed bomb threats. The presiding judge praised the suspended prosecutors' work.
Subsequent News Mentions(1)
Day 283· 29 October 2025
Two federal prosecutors were placed on leave after filing a sentencing memo in Taranto's case that described the Jan. 6 attack as carried out by a "mob of rioters." The DOJ subsequently filed a revised memo removing all Jan. 6 references.