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Store clerk’s tip busts former Navy SEAL plotting to bomb cops at No Kings protest

First publishedJul 28, 02:28 UTC
Last updatedJul 29, 02:28 UTC · 1d ago
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Store clerk’s tip busts former Navy SEAL plotting to bomb cops at No Kings protest
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Navy SEAL was convicted in a foiled plot to attack law enforcement officers with explosives during a “No Kings” protest in California after a store clerk’s tip led federal investigators to him. Gregory Vandenberg, 49, was found guilty after a five-day federal trial of transportation of explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate and attempted transportation of prohibited fireworks into California, according to the U.S.

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Navy SEAL was convicted in a foiled plot to attack law enforcement officers with explosives during a “No Kings” protest in California after a store clerk’s tip led federal investigators to him. Gregory Vandenberg, 49, was found guilty after a five-day federal trial of transportation of explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate and attempted transportation of prohibited fireworks into California, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico. Jurors deliberated for about three hours before returning the guilty verdict.

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Navy SEAL was convicted in a foiled plot to attack law enforcement officers with explosives during a “No Kings” protest in California after a store clerk’s tip led federal investigators to him. Gregory Vandenberg, 49, was found guilty after a five-day federal trial of transportation of explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate and attempted transportation of prohibited fireworks into California, according to the U.S.
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