The FBI announced Tuesday that it had arrested five people in connection with the alleged plot to attack Sunday's UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn.
An individual allegedly involved in a thwarted terrorist attack aimed at Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House parroted Democrat conspiracy theories about President Trump protecting child predators connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to federal court documents. The revelation came on Tuesday, when Fox News reported on how the FBI and […]
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Secret Service officials were angry after FBI Director Kash Patel blindsided them and publicly announced details of a sealed, ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to attack a UFC fight event at the White House.Patel's announcement Tuesday morning potentially compromised roughly 10 arrests that had not yet been made, according to three people familiar with the matter, and his social media post disrupted plans by Secret Service and FBI officials to unseal the case later that afternoon and issue a joint public statement, reported NBC News correspondent Ken Dilanian."We all woke up this morning to see this on Twitter," one administration official said, speaking anonymously to discuss sensitive matters.The investigation began last week when a relative of one of the suspects contacted local police in the Cincinnati area to report that their family member was discussing a vague plot in Washington. A Secret Service advanced threat interdiction team, working with the FBI, obtained a subpoena for an encrypted Signal chat thread that revealed plans for the drone attack. One suspect was arrested June 13, and the case was immediately sealed to allow investigators to identify and arrest additional suspects.Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn publicly rebuked the premature disclosure at a news conference Tuesday without naming Patel directly. "Don't choke on your own smoke," Quinn said, invoking a phrase learned early in his career. "The Secret Service led that investigation from the beginning. In order to maintain the integrity of the investigation and the security plan, we chose not to leak it."Quinn declined to discuss further details, noting the case remained sealed and active.The Secret Service has since dramatically expanded security around the weekend event and issued alerts to law enforcement partners to watch for drones in downtown Washington.
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Vice President JD Vance criticized the Left and Democrats for what he called “political violence” and “dangerous rhetoric” after the FBI thwarted a drone attack plot targeting UFC’s Freedom 250 event. “We’ve got to tell everybody to tone it down, and I hate to say this, but it’s true: You see more political violence and […]
A mother’s call to police about her 19-year-old son’s growing stockpile of weapons, tactical gear, and online associates helped federal authorities uncover an alleged plot to attack President Donald Trump’s White House UFC event, according to newly unsealed affidavits identifying five suspects arrested in the case. The filings identify California residents Michael Alan Thomas and […]
Charging documents outlined an ambitious plan involving explosive-laden drones and rifles, but left less clear that the conspirators had the means to carry it out.
In a note written on July 22, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein appeared to portray himself “as a victim of the #MeToo movement,” and also compared his situation to the 19th century antisemitic persecution of a French Army officer, The New York Times revealed Tuesday after obtaining a collection of “never seen before” notes from the convicted child sex offender.The note in question was written four days after Epstein had been denied bail, and scrawled across the top was the phrase “J’ACCUSE,” which roughly translates to “I accuse” in English. The phrase, the Times notes, is a likely reference to the 1898 open letter of the same name accusing the French government of antisemitism for the persecution of Alfred Dreyfus, a military officer who was falsely accused of espionage and imprisoned on a brutal prison island.“‘Jewish – Rich – Politics,’ he wrote, seemingly comparing himself to Dreyfus,” the Times’ report reads. “‘Believe the victim = Believe the Accuser’ he wrote, adding, ‘CRAZY!’”It would also be just hours later after the note was written that Epstein would be discovered in his cell semi-conscious with a noose around his neck in what was reported to be a suicide attempt, though Epstein initially claimed his cellmate had attacked him before walking the allegation back.Epstein’s portrayal of himself as a victim of the MeToo movement – the social movement that brought some accountability to prominent figures accused of sexual abuse or harassment – also came several years after Epstein had attempted to arrange a meeting with leaders of the MeToo-inspired group Times Up, Raw Story previously reported.