00:00Eight people now charged with plotting to attack last month's UFC Freedom 250 event
00:05at the White House.
00:07All eight now in custody and the feds say the threat has been neutralized, but it was
00:13very real.
00:14Eight indicted an alleged plot to attack White House UFC event.
00:21We're not simply airing grievances from behind their keyboards and sharing like-minded political
00:27ideologies.
00:28He is Dominic S. Garros II, U.S. Attorney.
00:33Rather, they took action to carry out a plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event and to
00:41murder federal officials at the highest levels of our government.
00:46The Justice Correspondent David Hunt is live, David Sputt is live.
00:50Okay David, let's go David, tell us everything you know.
00:53For us reporting live from the nation's capital, David good afternoon.
00:56Good afternoon, these eight men were indicted yesterday.
00:59They're from Ohio.
01:00Ohio.
01:00Virginia, Missouri, Nebraska, Washington State and California.
01:04The case is being run out of Columbus, Ohio.
01:06They are allegedly involved in two conspiracies.
01:09They include conspiracy to provide materials.
01:12If we have the images of five people, they are total eight, all eight are arrested right now.
01:17Support to terrorists up to 15 years behind bars and conspiracy to commit murder on federal
01:22government officials, including the president, vice president and members of Congress punishable
01:27by up to life in prison.
01:28The entire plot was discovered by authorities on June 10th after this man, Tyson Proper's mother, called police and said
01:37something was a little off with her son.
01:39He's that's how his mother, his mother, let the police know something's off his son.
01:46And then we have a suspect that lives in Ohio.
01:48Investigators tell Fox the alleged plan was to use drones with explosives to hit buildings near the event on the
01:54South Lawn, which would have triggered a mass evacuation and steered crowds toward a pre-staged sniper team.
02:00Now, we have screen grabs from investigators that feature.
02:03That's we have all of their mobile chats and the blueprint they made on the mobile chats.
02:09Aerial photos and maps of locations in and around D.C.
02:13Authorities say there were discussions about where snipers should be placed and drones launched.
02:19Once we had the information that we needed, the Secret Service and federal.
02:23He is Jason Reese, the U.S.
02:25official agent in charge.
02:27Local partners were able to identify and lawfully interrupt a communication network that gave us a roadmap to a sinister
02:35plot targeting the White House complex.
02:39In a state that's what happened and more to it, listen, even today, Trace, FBI and Secret Service leadership praised
02:46the mother of Tyson proper.
02:48Yes, the mother is to be praised and the mother is safe because all aides are in prison for their
02:54lifetime.
02:55Said Blue, the entire case opened by just making a call to police.
02:59That was one month ago on June 10th.
03:01Yes.
03:02Trace.
03:02David Spunt live for us in D.C.
03:04David, thank you.
03:05Thank you, everybody.
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