Thanks for posting the actual indictment. IF and only IF the allegations pan out with evidence (and it looks like email messages and mentions of actual materials means they have the evidence), it looks like section d. on page 6 is what probably did them in.
The leader threatened to kill any members that didn’t go along with the April 10 operation and one of the members probably got spooked and started to cooperate with the Feds.
As someone previously stated, if they are found innocent, release them. If found guilty, let em hang.
As someone with many family members in law enforcement, if any group ever wanted to use the killing of a police officer as an example or to incite some sort of political message, I would want them locked up for a loooong time.
Looks like count 4 in the indictment posted is pretty much a done deal. They actually have a youtube video showing a tripwire rigged explosive and it actually going off while wearing sidearms and carrying rifles. I had no idea that carrying a gun when doing that is a federal crime, but if so, the evidence for that count is actually on youtube. If these 4 charges stick, this group will be in prison for a long, long time.