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New, disturbing details have come to light about an ISIS-inspired Election Day terror plot that federal authorities foiled before it could be carried out on American soil. Federal prosecutors say the defendant admitted to conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and has now pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges, a rare and chilling reminder that the jihadist threat has not disappeared.
Court documents reveal the would-be attacker and a young co-conspirator tried to buy two AK-47-style rifles, ten magazines, and 500 rounds of ammunition from an undercover FBI employee, and were arrested immediately after taking possession of the weapons. The operation was cut short only because the FBI was on the job, but the fact that the plot had advanced to armed acquisition on U.S. soil should alarm every American.
Investigators also uncovered communications showing the plotter had engaged with ISIS propaganda, pro-ISIS Telegram groups, and allegedly communicated with persons he believed to be affiliated with ISIS-Khorasan, meaning this was not merely lone-wolf radicalization but a plot with international jihadist ties. That level of outside direction is precisely the scenario national security professionals have warned about for years.
Make no mistake: this man entered the United States on a special immigrant visa after the chaotic 2021 Afghan withdrawal, and those facts raise serious questions about the administration’s vetting and resettlement policies. Conservatives have been warning for years that rushed evacuations and relaxed screening leave America vulnerable, and this case proves that those warnings were not alarmist but prescient.
We should praise the FBI and local partners for disrupting the attack, but praise must be paired with hard lessons: law enforcement alone cannot solve policy failures that invite bad actors into our communities. If our leadership won’t secure the process that brings people here and won’t prioritize intelligent vetting, we will continue to leave the door open to those who wish us harm.
The guilty pleas should be followed by swift, severe consequences and permanent removal from the United States once sentences are served; that is the least our country owes the victims who were nearly targeted. Americans deserve leaders who will secure our borders, tighten vetting for entry, and ensure that anyone who pledges allegiance to ISIS is treated as the enemy they are, not as a bureaucratic problem.
This case is a wake-up call for every patriot who still believes safety and sovereignty matter. Support our brave lawmen who do the hard work of disruption, but demand that policymakers stop playing with fire—reinforce our vetting, close the gaps, and put American lives ahead of political convenience.
