WASHINGTON: Two California men have been charged on charges, they conspired to attack the Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, the US Department of Justice on Friday.
According to unrealed charges, Ian Benjamin Rogers, 45, from Napa and Jarrod Copeland, 37, from Vallejo began planning to attack democratic targets after the 2020 presidential election.
They also tried to get support from the anti-government group to advance the cause.
The charges did not name the militia group they contacted.
However, in a different court, the prosecutor said that Copeland sent an email to the right boy to the right group to “recruit other people to join the plot,” and also members of the militia group affiliated with three percent.
Both boys who are proud and three percent have come under the supervision of the government recently, after several members they were charged with regard to the January 6 attack on US Capitol by former President Donald Trump.
A lawyer for Rogers refused to comment, and a lawyer for Copeland could not be achieved soon.
In many messages they secured, both of them discussed blew the building, said the Ministry of Justice.
In one exchange on January 2021, for example, Rogers told Copeland: “I want to blow up a bad democrat building.” “I agree,” Copeland answered.
“Attack plan.” Federal law enforcement agencies carry out a search warrant on January 15 at Rogers’s house and seize weapons inventories including 45 to 50 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and five pipe bombs.
The prosecutor said Copeland tried to destroy evidence during the investigation and communicated with the leader of the militia group that told him to replace the communication platform and remove evidence.
Rogers was arrested on the day of the search letter executed and remained in the country’s detention.
Copeland was arrested on Thursday and will appear for detention detention on July 20, the Ministry of Justice said.
In the detention memo, the Copeland said prosecutor joined the US military in December 2013 but was arrested for desertion in May 2014.
He received “in addition to honorable discharge” instead of being a military-military.
The memo said Copeland and Rogers were angry after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, and they “understood them would be seen as domestic terrorists” if they made their vision to cancel the US government.
Their plot allegedly started on November 25, 2020, when Rogers told Copeland in encrypted messaging applications: “Ok bro we need to hit the enemy in the mouth.
Initially, they discussed attacking the house of the Governor of California, despite the plan.
Later evolved and democratic headquarters in California Become a target.
Another target they might discuss including the company’s office for Twitter and Facebook.
Criminal complaint charged by Rogers in this case also said they discussed George Soros’s democratic attack.
The indictment was not accused that Rogers or Copeland had involvement in January 6 attacks on the Capitol.
The FBI is still looking for unknown suspects who planted explosives near the Democratic Committee Headquarters and Republican on January 5.