
Jordan Rincker and William Lee Spartacus Falkner face conspiracy to commit murder charges. Total arrests in alleged plot to attack Trump's White House UFC event reach seven.
Federal authorities have arrested two additional suspects in the alleged plot to attack the Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House earlier this month, prosecutors said Monday.
Jordan Rincker, 28, of St. Joseph, Mo., appeared in a Kansas City court Monday. William Lee Spartacus Falkner appeared before a judge in Tacoma, Wash. Both face one count of conspiracy to commit murder, the Justice Department said.
Prosecutors said Falkner was arrested midday Friday. Rincker was arrested Sunday. That brings the total to seven people arrested and charged in a scheme federal authorities say involved 23 people planning to attack the Freedom 250 event on June 14. The event celebrated the U.S. 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's birthday.
According to court documents, the alleged plan called for explosive-carrying drones to strike the north side of the event, forcing an evacuation to the south side where snipers would fire on the fleeing crowd.
Authorities first learned of the plot from the parents of Tycen Proper, 19, one of the initial five suspects arrested and charged last week. They alerted police to his weapons purchases and online activity.
Court documents state the group's grievances appear to center on purported government corruption and U.S. lawyers' involvement with Israel.
FBI agents reviewing Proper's communications identified several alleged co-conspirators, including Falkner. Prosecutors said Falkner indicated in those messages that he had experience manufacturing and piloting drones and discussed loading them with explosives.
"I can fly 40+ drones at the same time at the same target," Falkner is alleged to have said.
Two days before the planned attack, Rincker met Abraham Alvarez, 31, in person and accepted $1,200 from him, prosecutors allege. Rincker then sent a $100 CashApp payment to Bryan Roa, 24, to cover his drive from California to Washington, D.C. Alvarez and Roa were among those arrested and charged last week.
Authorities identified Rincker through information from Alvarez after his arrest. Rincker also allegedly gave Alvarez a 12-gauge shotgun during a meeting in Omaha.
FBI searches of Rincker's residence and storage unit uncovered a gas mask with cartridge, night vision goggles, ballistic plates, a 3D printer and other weapons-related items.
No attack occurred at the UFC event. Trump and other Cabinet members attended.
Asked about the plot the next day, Trump told reporters he had heard about it. "The attack that I watched were the fighters," he said, drawing laughs. "They were as good a fights as I've ever seen. The best."
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