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White supremacists planned an attack on the US power grid if Trump lost the election, a mistakenly unsealed FBI affidavit reveals

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An Ohio teenager is accused of plotting to shoot rifles at power stations across the US to cause an outage, according to an FBI affidavit cited by the Associated Press.

The teen was in a text group with more than a dozen people in the fall of 2019 when he introduced the idea of saving money to buy a ranch where they could participate in militant training, according to the affidavit, which was filed under seal along with a search warrant application in Wisconsin's Eastern U.S. District Court in March. The documents were inadvertently unsealed last week before the mistake was discovered and they were quickly sealed again.

One group member, a Texas native who was a Purdue University student at the time, allegedly sent the informant a text saying "leaving the power off would wake people up to the harsh reality of life by wreaking havoc across the nation." Federal prosecutors in Ohio are taking the lead on the case. Jennifer Thornton, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Ohio, said she couldn't provide additional information because the investigation is ongoing, but "we want to emphasize that there is no imminent public safety threat related to this matter."

According to the affidavit, the Wisconsin man also told an undercover FBI employee in February that the group was interested in taking "direct action" against the system and said, "If you truly want a fascist society I will put in the effort to work with you but recruitment is long and not going to be easy."

 

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Trump lost the election, did white supremacists take down the power grid where you are? Not here in OC, CA..

So two rednecks we’re going to cut down a street light?

Oh you mean terrorists were planning terrorists things again? Shocking.

Who trusts these guys anymore ?

horrible

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