21-year-old Washington man charged in connection with planned attack at White House UFC event

Source: MyNorthwest

A 21-year-old man from Belfair, Washington, was charged in connection with a planned attack on government officials at President Donald Trump’s UFC event at the White House earlier this month.

William Falkner was arrested by the FBI on Friday and subsequently charged by criminal complaint in the Western District of Washington with conspiracy to commit murder. He appeared in the U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Monday, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

“Law enforcement continues to do what it does — move to disrupt and hold accountable those allegedly plotting to do harm on the White House Grounds on June 14,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated.

Authorities first learned of the plot to attack the White House event when the parents of a co-conspirator in Ohio alerted police to their son’s purchase of weapons and concerning online activities, according to the complaint filed in the Western District of Washington.

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