Posted on 08/11/2021 10:21:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Mark Steven Domingo, 28, of Reseda, was found guilty of providing material support to terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction...
Domingo has been in federal custody since he was arrested in April 2019 and faces a maximum sentence of life in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
An investigation was launched after Domingo posted on online forums where “he expressed support for violent jihad, a desire to seek retribution for attacks against Muslims, and a willingness to become a martyr,” the release states.
Domingo decided to bomb the Long Beach rally after considering various attacks – including targeting Jewish people, churches, and police officers...
He asked a confederate – who actually was working with the FBI as part of the investigation – to invite a bomb-maker into the scheme, the release states.
Domingo then purchased and provided to the confederate and the bomb-maker – who was an undercover law enforcement officer – several hundred 3.5-inch nails to be used as shrapnel...
On April 26, 2019, Domingo received what he thought were two live bombs, but were actually inert explosive devices delivered by an undercover law enforcement officer. He was arrested that same day with one of the bombs in his hands...
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
Is being a U.S. Army veteran pertinent to the story?
A ‘White Supremacist Rally’???
I’m surprised that the FBI didn’t give them real bombs and wait until after they killed the ‘white supremacists’ before arresting them.
” who actually was working with the FBI as part of the investigation “
You FIB, they are everywhere.
Remember that if things start to g sideways and some clown starts encouraging stuff.
Depends if this vet handled explosives while in the Army.
Particularly those willing to use training they received against civilians.
Did seem like a demolition guy, his only input into the fake bomb seems to have been a box of nails.
“Domingo has been in federal custody since he was arrested in April 2019 and faces a maximum sentence of life in federal prison...”
Fed’s are tough! Life imprisonment for attempted bombing. Solitary confinement without bail for trespassing.
I’ve often said much the same.
In the ‘Michigan Governor Kidnap plot’, the FIB instigators outnumbered the ‘militia’ members’ LITERALLY two to one.
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