2 of 8 men charged in thwarted attack on UFC cage-fighting show at White House plead not guilty
The two defendants face charges in a disrupted drone-and-sniper plot that prosecutors say aimed to destabilize the government.
- On Thursday, Tycen Proper, 19, of Danville, Ohio, and Chandler Scaggs, 21, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, pleaded not guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus Jr. in Columbus, Ohio, to charges related to an alleged plot against the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House.
- Prosecutors allege the group planned to fly explosive-laden drones into the June 14 event and shoot fleeing crowd members, citing grievances against the administration of President Donald Trump, including concerns about water-guzzling data centers and the Epstein files.
- The Justice Department charged eight men with murder and terrorism conspiracy across multiple states; Proper and Scaggs remain in Ohio while four others were charged in Missouri, Nebraska, and California, with two additional suspects awaiting transfer.
- Sargus set the trial date for Sept. 14 with cases likely consolidated, while U.S. Attorney Dominick Gerace II told reporters the intervention disrupted a "pretty likely" attempt to reach Washington, D.C.
- Law enforcement officials learned of the potential threat four days before the event, enabling them to disrupt what prosecutors described as a serious security risk to the South Lawn of the White House.
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Two men indicted in White House UFC attack plot plead not guilty
Two men pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges stemming from their alleged attempt to attack and storm the high-profile UFC fight at the White House last month by using drones and snipers. Tycen Proper, 19, of Ohio, and Chandler Scaggs, 21, of West Virginia, are two of the eight defendants charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to commit murder on federal government territory and to murder a f…
2 of 8 men charged in alleged plot to attack White House UFC event plead not guilty
Two of the eight men indicted in an alleged drone and sniper plot to attack President Donald Trump’s UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn have pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy charges.
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2 of 8 men charged in alleged plot to attack the White House UFC event plead not guilty
Two of the eight men indicted in an alleged drone and sniper plot to attack President Donald Trump’s UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn have pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy charges.
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