Prosecutors: Man went to Obama’s DC neighborhood after Trump social media post

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🗓️ 6 July 2023

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Federal prosecutors say the man arrested with firearms went to former President Obama’s Washington, DC neighborhood after he saw former President Trump’s post on social media what he claimed to be the Obamas’ address. Taylor Taranto already had an open warrant for his arrest related to riot charges connected to the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller tells Anderson Cooper how multiple law enforcement agencies were able to work together to find and arrest Taranto. Plus, a shark was seen swimming near the shore of a crowded Florida beach over the July 4th holiday weekend. And shark patrols are being increased on Long Island, New York, after five people may have been bitten by sharks in 24 hours. CNN Senior Data Reporter Harry Enten joins AC360 to discuss what the data says about shark attacks and sightings.

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0:00.0	Tonight on 360 New Details about the armman arrested steps away from the Obama's DC home.
0:06.0	The weapons he had, who else he allegedly stalked, and the question did he get the Obama's
0:10.4	address from one of Trump's social media posts.
0:13.0	Also tonight, the latest in the grimstring of holiday mass shootings, including Philadelphia's
0:16.6	Five Dead, and what prosecutors now say was a deliberate killing spree.
0:21.3	And the bag of cocaine in the White House, where it was found and what that could mean
0:24.9	about who left it there.
0:26.8	And evening we begin tonight, and picture the federal prosecutors are now painting
0:30.2	of the man arrested last week with firearms and a man full of ammunition in the Washington
0:34.8	neighborhood home to many dignitaries, including former President Mrs. Obama.
0:38.9	The details come from a court filing urging the suspect, Taylor Torrento, be kept in custody.
0:44.5	And they are chilling, alleged threats against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic
0:48.2	Congressman Jamie Raskin.
0:50.2	Also that he allegedly live streamed a claim he had a deadnater for explosives.
0:54.6	As well as evidence, he got the Obama's address from a social media post by former President
0:59.1	Trump.
1:00.1	As you know, Scalen Pollan is working the story, joins us now with more.
1:02.9	So walk us through the timeline of what exactly the former president posted and when this guy
1:08.3	showed up in the Obama's neighborhood, and if it's connected at all.
1:11.6	Yeah, well, Anderson, there wasn't a long time between the two events happening.
1:16.0	So Donald Trump posts news letter that purportedly had the address of the Obama's in their
1:21.0	neighborhood where they live now in Washington, DC.
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