Tag: plot
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ISIS-K behind foiled Election Day terrorism plot, U.S. officials say
ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of ISIS, had directed an Afghan man’s foiled plot to attack U.S. Election Day, according to two senior U.S. officials briefed on the matter. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested by the FBI last week in Oklahoma and is accused of planning to purchase two AK-47 rifles, 10 magazines and ammunition…
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Relative of Afghan accused of terror plot in U.S. is charged with planning attacks in France
A family member of an Afghan national accused of planning to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day in Oklahoma was charged in France on Saturday with plotting to conduct attacks on a French soccer match or shopping center, according to the Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office in Paris. Both Afghans are believed to have wanted to carry out…
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Biden admin offers $20 million reward for info on Iranian charged with plot to kill ex-Trump official John Bolton
The Biden administration is offering a reward of up to $20 million for information on a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who is charged with plotting to kill Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton. U.S. authorities say Shahram Poursafi allegedly worked to arrange a murder-for-hire scheme targeting Bolton between 2021 and…
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Son of Ryan Routh, Trump assassination plot suspect, arrested on child sex abuse images charges
The son of the man accused of plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump at one of his golf courses has been arrested in connection with a child sex abuse images case. Oran Alexander Routh was charged in federal court in North Carolina on Monday with one count of receipt of child pornography and one…
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Trump accuses DOJ of ‘mishandling and downplaying’ second assassination plot
Former President Donald Trump accused the Justice Department of “downplaying” an alleged assassination plot against him earlier this month and suggested state officials in Florida should take over the investigation and prosecution. “The Kamala Harris/Joe Biden Department of Justice and FBI are mishandling and downplaying the second assassination attempt on my life since July. The…
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Apparent Trump plot suspect Ryan Routh wrote ‘This was an assassination attempt,’ court filing shows
The man charged in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Florida this month dropped off a box at a person’s home that included a letter that declared, “This was an assassination attempt,” a court document revealed Monday. The note came to light in a U.S. District Court filing asking that Ryan…
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Elon Musk shared Tenet content thought to be part of Russian plot
As Elon Musk increasingly weighed in on politics in the last several years, he used his massive following on his social media app X to repeatedly amplify content from a company that appears to be at the center of an alleged Russian covert operation to manipulate U.S. public opinion ahead of the 2024 election. Musk,…