FBI Says Man Planned to Bomb National Mall on Election Day

A helicopter flying over the house at the center of the investigation in Tappan, N.Y., on Oct. 10, 2018. AP screenshot
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NEW YORK—Federal authorities have charged a New York man with building a 200-pound bomb they say he planned to detonate on Election Day on the National Mall in Washington.

Paul Rosenfeld, 56, of Tappan, was charged on Oct. 10, with unlawfully manufacturing a destructive device and interstate transportation and receipt of an explosive.