president donald trump s big lie. that was a rigged election. but we rl ghngt d reporter: the two men, ian rogers and jared copeland, allegedly believe trump won the 2020 election. the indictment says text messages from rogers phone reveal his intent to attack democrats and places associated with democrats in an effort to ensure that trump remained in office. on january 11th, rogers allegedly texting, i want to blow up a democrat building bad. copeland allegedly responding, i agree. plan attack. investigators say rogers had this a white privilege card. on it, trumps everything with the number 45 repeated, references, they say, to the former president. prosecutors insist it was not just talk, that a january raid on rogers home and business
exclusive a building, to wit, the democratic headquarters in sacramento, california,ed. five days before joe biden s inauguration, the fbi raided ian rogers home and business where they recovered several guns and five pipe bombs. he admitted making the pipe bombs for what he said was his own entertainment. the fbi found text messages on ian rogers phone to and from his now codefendant, jarrod copeland. we can attack twitter or the democrats you pick. i think we can attack either easily. let s go after soros. we can attack twitter and democrats easy right now burn they re crap down. i want to blow up a democrat building bad. plan attack, i m thinking sac office, first target. sac office, meaning sacramento
to overthrow the government. they were ensensed by the fact that former president donald trump lost the 2020 election. that the planning began shortly after that election. what they wanted to do was target places they associated with democrats. the amount of planning that went into this, the amount of weapons that went into this alleged plot are enormous. for example, upon investigating, investigators found at least one man 49 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition. five pipe bombs. this was a real threat. fortunately, it was dismajdismajontled prior to any harm being adjusted. one of the men said i want to blow up a democratic building bad. another responding, plan attack. so that gives you a sense of just how much planning went into this. both men have sense been arrested. they will appear in court in coming days this. we reached out to one attorney. no answer. i think the final thing is that federal officials put in the
northern california. they wanted to inspire a movement. they re goal was to inspire a movement that would overthrow the government. they had discussed things like i want to here is a quote i want to blow up a democrat building bad. that is one quote the department of justice putting out today. the other person in this conversation saying, i agree. plan attack. then in these conversations between these two people, now arrested, one of them said after the 20th, meaning january 20th, after joe biden s inauguration, we go to war. that is the heightened threat environment we re in right now. investigators, upon trying to sus out this case found thousands rounds of ammunition. and 45 to 50 firearms, five pipe bombsch one of the men has already been in custody since january and the other was recently arrested. they will appear in court in coming days. but this is the example and the evident federal officials are working with when they put out
investigators who recovered a high-powered rifle, and ammunition from the suspect s home, said that students and teachers prevented friday s alleged plan attack. multiple students overheard the school threat on campus, and teachers emailed the administration about concerns raised by the students. in this case, the fact that people stepped forward and said what they had heard led us to be able to prevent a tragedy today. police say the suspect even had a list of intended targets. former penn state football coach jerry sandusky is serving the same sentence this morning as he was given search years ago. he was resensed friday to 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing children. the 75-year-old who was convicted in 2012 was renenced due to a lame that mandatory minimum sentences were improper applied. a warning this morning to be extra careful with romaine lettuce because of an outbreak of e. coli. the fda reports at least 40 people in northern states have