Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that they plan to file felony charges. man arrested last week He was accused of possessing a firearm and threatening several politicians in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C. area.

Taylor Tarrant had issued an arrest warrant related to charges stemming from his involvement in the U.S. Capitol riot. arrested last week After claiming to have a detonator on an internet livestream the day before.

Tarrant has been in police custody since his arrest, and federal prosecutors plan to add a federal felony charge to the case at Thursday’s hearing to determine whether he will remain in custody pending trial on the riot charges. said there is.

Prosecutors did not specify when additional charges will be filed. Tarrant is currently facing only four misdemeanor charges related to his Jan. 6, 2021 conduct.

Federal Judge Zia Falki ordered Thursday that Mr. Tarrant will remain in custody pending a decision to detain him.

Falki has now contacted pretrial services in the state of Washington, where Tarrant is believed to have recently lived, to see if third-party parental supervision is possible in lieu of putting Tarrant in custody. said that Pretrial Services informed the judge that it could take him up to a week to evaluate the case.

Tarrant is scheduled to hold another detention hearing next Wednesday.

The memo details the threats against lawmakers

On Wednesday, prosecutors released new details about Tarrant’s online activities before his arrest and the threats he made to high-profile politicians in recent weeks.

In a detention memo, the government said Tarrant made threats against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Ruskin. In early June, Tarrant and a few others entered an elementary school near Ruskin’s home, where Tarrant watched the group “walk around the school, enter the gymnasium, and use a projector to show a related film on January 6.” was reported to be live-streamed. filing.

Tarrant said he specifically chose this elementary school because it’s close to Ruskin’s house, and that Ruskin is targeted because “he’s one of the guys who hates people on January 6th, or rather a Trump supporter.” It’s like sending a kind of shock wave.” I didn’t do anything wrong and he probably got freaked out and said ‘he’s stalking me’ or something terrible,” the filing read.

“Tarrant also commented that ‘I didn’t tell anyone where I lived because I wanted to keep him to myself,’ adding, ‘It was the Piney Branch Elementary School in Maryland… the house where Rep. Ruskin and his wife live.’ It was right next to .’ The note read:

On June 28, Tarrant made “creepy comments” in a video referring to McCarthy, according to prosecutors. You can’t stop what’s coming. You can’t stop what happens. ”

Prosecutors said law enforcement saw these “threatening comments” and tried to locate Tarrant, but without success.

The following day, June 29, “former President Donald Trump posted what he claimed was a speech by former President Barack Obama on social media platform Truth Social,” prosecutors wrote in a memo. “Taranto used his own Truth Social account to repost the address. Tarrant then said in a telegram, ‘Surrounded the losers!’ See you in Podesta and Obama hell. ”

“Shortly afterward, Tarrant began live-streaming from the van again on his YouTube channel.

Prosecutors said Tarrant parked the van and began walking around the neighborhood, saying, “The residential area Tarrant was walking in was off-limits, so uniformed U.S. Secret Service agents said Tarrant was walking. As soon as they walked around and started filming, we started monitoring them.” ”

Secret Service agents approached Tarrant and urged him to flee, but he was arrested, according to the filing.

The government told the judge that among the items found in Tarrant’s van were a “Smith & Wesson M&P Shield” and a “Cheska 9mm CZ Scorpion E3.” They also found “hundreds of 9mm rounds, steering wheel locks and machetes,” as well as signs, mattresses and other signs that Tarrant had lived in the van.

This article was updated on Thursday with additional details.

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