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5 arrested in alleged plot targeting UFC event
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Five people were arrested after the FBI disrupted an alleged plot targeting President Trump's White House UFC event, officials said Tuesday.
Key facts
- An FBI official said in a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio that 19-year-old Tycen Proper admitted to planning a coordinated attack during the event
- The UFC Freedom 250 event was one of several mass gatherings planned around the nation's 250th anniversary, including a July Fourth celebration that the president has pitched as "the most spectacular
- Five people were arrested after the FBI disrupted an alleged plot targeting President Trump's White House UFC event, officials said Tuesday
- Accused co-conspirators Bryan Roa, Michael Thomas, Daniel Eskridge and Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez were also arrested
Summary
There have been several attempts on Trump's life, including a recent shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, as law enforcement reckons with a period of elevated political violence. A criminal complaint alleges that one suspect used coded terms in encrypted chats to describe targets investigators believe were likely Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Another suspect appeared to have identified as targets elected officials including U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and U.S. Reps. The FBI made arrests in Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska and California, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.