Man with guns near Obama home entered a Montgomery school for Jan. 6-related film

Montgomery County Public Schools officials say they are investigating the use of school facilities after a man who was arrested with guns near former president Barack Obama’s house in Washington was found to have entered a school with a group that booked the elementary campus to show a Jan. 6-related film.

Taylor Taranto, 37, live-streamed himself and several others entering a gymnasium and displaying the film at Piney Branch Elementary School in Takoma Park, just north of Washington, on June 18, according to U.S. prosecutors. Prosecutors said that Taranto said he chose the elementary school because it was close to the home of U.S. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.). Raskin has been a leading congressional critic of Donald Trump.

Piney Branch Elementary School Principal Christine Oberdorf wrote to families Thursday explaining that a group that advocates for participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection, called Make America Safe Again or MASA, requested to use the school’s cafeteria from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. to show a film that day. Taranto was not a part of the permit request...

Man with guns near Obama home entered a Montgomery school for Jan. 6-related film - The Washington Post