" Justice Department urges judge to jail former Jan. 6 defendant after alarming return to DC"
This is the headline from a Politico article dated 12/04/25 with a byline from Rachel Umansky-Castro and Kyle Cheney. So this guy named Taylor Taranto is the January 6th guy who was pardoned by Crumb the 1st and who lives in the state of Washington. He has a previous history of making threats even before January 6th. According to the article he also:
" He drew national headlines when he was arrested in 2023 shortly after livestreaming a threat to blow up the National Institute of Standards and Technology and entered a Maryland elementary school while livestreaming apparent threats to Raskin, a Democrat from the state. He was arrested after authorities found him with weapons in Obama’s Kalorama neighborhood a day after Trump posted the address on Truth Social."
So he spent two years in jail awaiting trial, was finally convicted and Judge Carl Nichols sentenced him to time served plus probation. Well it appears the "slap on the wrist" didn't work because now Taranto was picked up again and this time for hanging around in Raskin's neighborhood. So Justice, obviously an underling who will now be fired for trying to hold a violent acolyte of Crumb The 1st accountable, has asked for Nichols to yank the guy back to jail because of this and violations of his release conditions along with questions about drug use and mental health.
But the article notes:
"After Taranto swore to drive back to Washington state by noon Friday, Nichols agreed to let him leave voluntarily and ordered him not return to D.C. until at least after the new year. Nichols said he would make a decision on the government’s detention request later."
Apparently his probation officer vouched for him going home to spend Christmas with the family. How nice. So basically it boils down to the judge saying "Hey I know you've made all these threats to destroy buildings and you thought live-streaming all of that was cool, I also know I convicted you for the threats and wandering around by the neighborhood of Obama. I know weapons were involved in some of your actions. I know you have some "personal" issues too. I know you were just found to have driven across the country and been wandering around in Raskins' neighborhood. I know you were haranguing about him before. But you know what?
It's coming up on Christmas and you should be home for the holidays with your family. Promise me you'll go home and see your probation officer before you come back and see us again."
Sure thing Judge Nichols. I mean what could go wrong? If it does go wrong I'm sure you and others can jump to the claim "nobody could have known". So the judge figured "F**k it let's give the situation more time to develop."
The article notes the probation officer as relaying:
" Taranto failed to appear for mandatory check-ins with the probation office and added concerns about his mental health disorder."
So the court is obviously persuaded that Taranto will keep to his commitments and apparently views him as really a good guy who just has some issues he needs counseling on. Makes sense, right? Please don't tell me I need to put the sarcasm emoji on this in order for people to not think I'm siding with the court.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/04/justice-department-urges-judge-to-jail-former-jan-6-defendant-after-alarming-return-to-dc-00678109