President Donald Trump held a swearing-in ceremony last week for Jeanine Pirro, who was tapped to serve as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and she has already announced another major arrest.
“My voice should be heard loud and clear. No more tolerance of hatred. No more mercy for criminals,” Pirro said when she spoke briefly from the podium to the room full of reporters last week.
Pirro’s office announced that a Washington state man who livestreamed threats has been convicted on several charges.
The 39-year-old man from Pasco, Washington, was found guilty by a federal judge yesterday of illegally carrying two guns without a license, unlawfully possessing ammunition, and spreading false information and hoaxes. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Crimes made the announcements.
Judge Carl J. Nichols of the U.S. District Court found Taylor Taranto guilty of all charges and will set up a sentencing hearing after deciding whether to grant the defense’s request to free Taranto until the sentencing hearing.
On June 28, 2023, Taranto streamed a live video of himself while driving his van near National Harbor, Maryland. He told the crowd that he had been “working on a detonator” and that he was going to drive a car bomb into the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
