In the early
morning hours of June 29, federal agents from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security conducted a raid on home in Midlothian, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
The raid, which saw federal agents deploying flash-bang grenades and using armored vehicles, was authorized by a federal search warrant related to an ongoing federal investigation into an alleged bomb plot at a June 14 Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House. The Justice Department
characterized
the case as an assassination plot against high-ranking officials using of explosive drones and sniper rifles.
The search warrant in Midlothian was issued as part of federal agents’ search for evidence of several potential charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, according to documents viewed by The Intercept.
“They are stress-testing the limits of NSPM-7.”
The subject of the raid in Texas claimed that, in the days after the raid, federal agents returned to her home and offered her up to $200,000 to act as an informant for federal law enforcement. The resident, “Doberman,” who asked only to be identified only by her social media handle because of ongoing threats to her safety, has not been indicted on any charges. Doberman also said she was visited by agents from the FBI and Secret Service weeks before the raid.
The raid was part of a sweeping effort by the federal government and far-right media figures to spin up a vast far-left conspiracy casting antifascist activists as well-organized extremists who pose a threat to public safety.
Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as Terrorists
President Donald Trump has made attacks on antifascist activists a centerpiece of his
domestic crackdown on the left
, designating antifa a terrorist organization and issuing directives like the National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 to
focus resources
on going after left-wing activists.
The crackdown recently helpe
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