8 Men Charged With Aiding Terrorism In Plot To Attack White House UFC Event
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Eight men were charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder a federal government official over the alleged plot to attack the White House UFC event last month, U.S. Attorney Dominick S. Gerace II said Friday (July 10).
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio the, eight men "allegedly participated in online chat groups and forums on Signal, SimpleX, Discord, TikTok and Instagram" to plan attacks and recruit people.
At a press conference Friday, Gerace said those charged planed to provide "money, firearms, ammunition, body armor, explosives, drones, medical and communications equipment, as well as personnel with the knowledge and intent that those resources were to be used in preparation for and to carry out the murder of federal officers and employees in the course of an attack on a federal facility and the use of a weapon of mass destruction."
Gerace said the charged were filed against Abraham Alvarez, Daniel Eskridge, William Falkner, Jordan Rincker, Brian Roa, Michael Thomas and Chandler Scaggs, all of whom are in custody and expected to face the charges in the Southern District of Ohio.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio the, eight men "allegedly participated in online chat groups and forums on Signal, SimpleX, Discord, TikTok and Instagram" to plan attacks and recruit people.
At a press conference Friday, Gerace said those charged planed to provide "money, firearms, ammunition, body armor, explosives, drones, medical and communications equipment, as well as personnel with the knowledge and intent that those resources were to be used in preparation for and to carry out the murder of federal officers and employees in the course of an attack on a federal facility and the use of a weapon of mass destruction."
Gerace said the charged were filed against Abraham Alvarez, Daniel Eskridge, William Falkner, Jordan Rincker, Brian Roa, Michael Thomas and Chandler Scaggs, all of whom are in custody and expected to face the charges in the Southern District of Ohio.
