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Antifa Discussed Plans to Firebomb Federal Buildings, Jan. 6 Court Filing Contends

Jan. 6 defendant William Pope says prosecutors are ‘intentionally concealing information about this Antifa seditious conspiracy.’
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Antifa Discussed Plans to Firebomb Federal Buildings, Jan. 6 Court Filing Contends
Protesters gather around a fire they built in the street as they make themselves heard following the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Joseph M. Hanneman
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A group of self-identified Antifa supporters who wanted “civil war and revolution” on Jan. 6 sought online blueprints for federal buildings so they could firebomb them and discussed using a Roman legion formation to attack police lines, a Sept. 15 court filing alleges.

Defendant William Pope of Topeka, Kansas, included the information in a renewed U.S. District Court push (pdf) to compel federal prosecutors to produce all bodycam footage and video filmed by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) undercover officers on Jan. 6, 2021.
Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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