A Relative’s Tip Unraveled the White House Attack Plot

It was Sunday, and Washington was supposed to be celebrating. UFC Freedom 250, on the South Lawn of the White House, with the crowds and the lights and the noise of a country enjoying itself. That was the plan. But there was another plan, too. At least 12 suspects, scattered across the country, who called themselves accelerationists. They didn’t want to reform American capitalism. They wanted it gone, and they were willing to kill for the absence. That is what federal law enforcement sources say. Here is how it ended. The FBI gained access to a Signal chat where the


