Pardoned Jan. 6 Van-Dweller Invites FBI to Raskin’s Housewarming Party
KEY POINTS
- •Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant living in a van, was spotted near Rep. Jamie Raskin's home on Monday night.
- •Following police notification and an arraignment Thursday where probation violations were discussed, Raskin’s security was temporarily increased.
- •Raskin informed House colleagues and received Capitol Police escort from votes Wednesday after spike in threats to Democrats.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) had his security cranked up to 'Secret Service meets bouncer' after Taylor Taranto, a pardoned Jan. 6 motley, showed up near Raskin’s Takoma Park home Monday night. Taranto, best described as a Rumble livestreaming 'independent journalist investigating major crimes' — while living out of his van in D.C., which screams 'budget docuseries' — allegedly breeched parole by lurking in the representive's neighborhood. Probation officer Sean Stallman spilled the beans at a Thursday D.C. court, triggering tight Capitol Police escorting Raskin home after votes. Taranto’s lawyer Carmen Hernandez denies he was loitering by Raskin's house, but Taranto keeps mum, proving even parolees have mysterious low Wi-Fi vibes.
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Nothing screams ‘productive freelancing’ like investigating major crimes from a van while triggering federal parole violators’ alarms.
Rep. Raskin’s new security detail specializes in escorting elected officials away from unauthorized van-bound journalists with streaming dreams.
Why rent office space when you can live out of a van and blunder into Congress members’ neighborhoods like a budget documentary special?
Source: Axios | Published: 12/4/2025 | Author: Andrew Solender
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