A group of White Supremacists communicated terror plots in a Telegram group they named the “Terrorgram Collective.” The group shared a list of politicians and other “high-value” targets to assassinate. They also listed critical U.S. infrastructure they wanted to carry out attacks on.
The DOJ arrested and indicted 2 Americans on Friday. The men were accused of running an online “transnational terrorist group” dedicated to fostering attacks on public officials and infrastructure “in the name of violent white supremacist ideology,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. The indictment named Dallas Humber, 34, and Matthew Allison, 37, as leaders of the “Terrorgram Collective,” a network of channels and group chats on Telegram.
A list was shared among the members that contained the names, addresses, and photos of people, who they referred to as “high-value targets,” that they wanted to have assassinated by group members. The names on the list included a U.S. Senator, a federal judge, and a U.S. Attorney. None of their names have been released at this time.
Their goal was to assassinate the targets, which would ignite a “race war” that would end in the destruction of the United States government.
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From reporting by Associated Press:
Humber and Allison were arrested Friday in California and Idaho, respectively, on 15 counts including soliciting murder and providing material support to terrorists. The DOJ said the pair took over Terrorgram in 2022 and urged followers to kill certain “high value targets,” including a U.S. senator and a federal judge. The alleged goal of the violence was to ignite a “race war” and bring about a “white ethnostate.” The hit list included names, addresses and photos, the indictment said, and the pair distributed detailed instructions on how to carry out a terrorist attack, including how to make bombs. “These are not mere words,” Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said. “Terrorgram users have carried out, or planned, attacks,” including the stabbing of five people in Turkey last month, an attempt to destroy an electrical substation in New Jersey in July and a 2022 fatal shooting outside an LGBTQ bar in Slovakia.
Humber pleaded guilty on Monday, and Allison was scheduled to be in court sometime today (Tuesday).
This story will be updated as new details emerge.
