A defense attorney in Michigan is pushing back on the FBI’s allegations that his client and a group of young men arrested on Friday were planning to carry out a violent attack over the Halloween weekend.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrests of multiple individuals on Friday that he said were plotting a “potential terrorist attack.” He said more details would be forthcoming.
Amir Makled, the lawyer for a Dearborn, Mich., man who was still detained on Saturday, said he hasn’t gotten many details about the case, but told The Associated Press that, after reviewing the matter, he doesn’t expect any charges to be filed. He said he concluded no terror attack was being planned.
“I don’t know where this hysteria and this fearmongering came from,” Makled said.
“If these young men were on forums that they should not have been on or things of that nature, then we’ll have to wait and see,” Makled added. “But I don’t believe that there’s anything illegal about any of the activity they were doing.”
Two people briefed on the matter said the investigation involved online chat room discussions with some individuals taken into custody. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
They said the group of men — which Makled described as an all-male group of U.S. citizens, who are “gamers” and range from 16 to 20 years old — discussed carrying out an attack around Halloween, referring to it as “pumpkin day.”
Investigators say the attack was inspired by Islamic State group extremism. One individual familiar with the investigation said it wasn’t clear whether the group had the means of carrying out the attack, but the reference to Halloween compelled FBI officials to make arrests Friday.
The Associated Press contributed.
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