Coast Guard officer, self-described white nationalist, planned terror attack to 'kill almost every last person,' feds say

A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-described white nationalist planned a domestic terrorist attack targeting politicians and journalists.

A U.S. Coast protect lieutenant and self-defined white nationalist planned a home terrorist attack targeting politicians and newshounds, federal prosecutors say in court docket papers.

Christopher Paul Hasson changed into arrested remaining week on gun and drug costs, but meant "to homicide harmless civilians on a scale rarely visible in this us of a," according to court files filed Tuesday inside the U.S. District court docket in Maryland.

Hasson became scheduled to appear in courtroom Thursday afternoon in Maryland.

Hasson has been stockpiling guns due to the fact that 2017, the authorities said, and created a listing of targets which include residence Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Allegedly expressing extremist perspectives for years, Hasson considered pro-Russian, neo-fascist, and neo-Nazi literature lots of instances between January 2017 and 2019. He once wrote, "i'm dreaming of a manner to kill nearly each ultimate character on earth" in an e-mail draft, court files said.

Guns seized at the Silver Spring, Maryland, domestic people Coast defend officer Christopher Paul Hasson. He espoused white supremacist perspectives and drafted a target listing of Democratic politicians and outstanding media figures and become arrested on firearms and drug costs on Feb. 15, 2019.

Weapons seized on the Silver Spring, Maryland, home folks Coast shield officer Christopher Paul Hasson. He espoused white supremacist perspectives and drafted a target list of Democratic politicians and prominent media figures and became arrested on firearms and drug prices on Feb. 15, 2019.

Government discovered 15 guns and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition in Hasson's condominium. While operating as an acquisitions officer in Washington, D.C., Hasson mechanically read the manifesto by means of a ways-proper home terrorist Anders Breivik, who killed seventy seven Norwegian residents in 2011.

In a letter Hasson sent to himself, he called for "targeted violence" and stated he's a "long-time White nationalist."

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"We want a white hometown as Europe appears lost," the letter protected in courtroom files reads.

Coast guard spokesperson Barry Lane might only confirm that an active responsibility Coast guard member stationed at headquarters become arrested remaining week on illegal guns and drug charges.

To "increase his capability to behavior assaults," Hasson also abused the narcotic tramadol and amassed 30 bottles of human boom hormone, in line with court docket files.

He wrote a list of goals on Jan. 17 that protected outstanding Democratic congressional leaders and MSNBC and CNN media personalities. Courtroom files diagnosed a few goals as Democratic Sens. Pelosi, Charles Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, as well as Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Maxine Waters and Ilhan Omar. Reporters indexed blanketed CNN's Chris Cuomo and MSNBC's Ari Melber.

That day, Hasson additionally entered Google searches for "satisfactory region in dc to see congress people," "wherein do most senators stay in dc" and "civil war if trump impeached," court files said.