Forsyth County man charged with plot to attack White House, FBI says
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In a last-minute news conference, federal investigators announced that a joint terrorism task force, led by the FBI arrested Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, of Cumming, after an investigation showed he wanted to attack several federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
"His alleged intent was to attack the White House and other targets of opportunity in the Washington, D.C., area," U.S. Attorney B.J. Pak said.
In December 2018, the complaint says Taheb met with an undercover agent and he showed the agent "a hand-drawn diagram of the ground floor of the West Wing of the White House" and "described his plan for attacking the West Wing."
During that meeting, the complaint says Taheb discussed selling his car to buy weapons and explosives and detailed the types of weapons he wanted to buy to use in the attack.
Taheb also outlined the weapons he wanted to purchase during that meeting, which included semi-automatic weapons, improvised explosive devices, an anti-tank rocket and hand grenades.
After several meetings and messaging back and forth with the confidential source and undercover agent, the complaint said Taheb had planned on attacking the White House on Jan. 17.
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