Crisis Averted

FBI and law enforcement officials disrupted an alleged plot targeting the White House’s UFC Freedom 250 event Sunday. 

The cage-fighting match held on the South Lawn to celebrate America’s 250th, and President Trump’s 80th birthday, drew an estimated 4,300 attendees. 

As of yesterday, investigators had arrested five people following a multi-state operation and had also identified 23 people who allegedly discussed the attack through Signal chats. Sources say the plot involved flying explosive drones into nearby buildings to trigger a mass evacuation, positioning snipers to target the fleeing crowd, then storming the White House gate in a “second wave.”  

Law enforcement was tipped off to the threat on June 10, four days before the event. FBI Director Kash Patel thanked the FBI, DOJ, and law enforcement partners for stopping the “planned attacks” cold.

Verse to consider when you’re tempted to live in fear of what might happen… “Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”
Psalm 20:7 (ESV) (read full passage)