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New York Times
03-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Man Is Charged With Creating ‘Hit List' of Public Officials
A man has been arrested and accused of working with members of a white supremacist group to create a 'hit list' of assassination targets, including a U.S. senator and a federal judge, the authorities said. Noah Lamb, 24, was arrested on Tuesday and indicted in the Eastern District of California on eight counts, including soliciting the murder of three federal officials. Prosecutors said Mr. Lamb had suggested people to include on a hit list and found personal information about them that was distributed to members of a group on Telegram, the messaging app. The people on the list were not named in court documents, but they include a sitting U.S. senator, a federal judge and a former U.S. attorney, as well as state and municipal officials and leaders of private companies and nongovernmental organizations. A lawyer for Mr. Lamb declined to comment on Wednesday. Mr. Lamb was accused of being a member of the Terrorgram Collective, which operates on Telegram, and of playing a 'central role' in the group's effort to make a list of assassination targets. Federal prosecutors described the Terrogram Collective as a transnational terrorist group that promotes white supremacy and calls for using violence and attacks on government infrastructure to ignite a race war. The group has been tied to a number of attacks, and planned attacks, across the world, prosecutors said. The group 'recruited impressionable teenagers to do their dirty work, promising them eternal glory — 'Sainthood'— in return for committing an act of mass violence,' prosecutors said in court documents. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Member of white supremacist group charged in alleged plot to solicit murder of 'high-value targets'
A 24-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly working with a transnational terrorist group to create a hit list of 'high-value targets' for assassination that included U.S. officials, nongovernmental organizations and leaders of private companies, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Noah Lamb was charged and indicted in Northern California federal court with eight counts of conspiracy, soliciting the murder of federal officials, doxing federal officials and interstate threatening communication, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. Authorities allege that between November 2021 and September 2024, Lamb collaborated with members of the Terrorgram Collective to create a list of targets they viewed as 'enemies of the cause of white supremacist accelerationism,' the indictment states. The Terrorgram Collective is described as a network of white supremacist, neo-Nazi and accelerationist groups who promote violence and white supremacy, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The group primarily connects through the social networking app Telegram. An attorney for Lamb declined to comment on the case. The indictment does not name any of the targets but says that the list included a U.S. senator, a U.S. district judge, a former U.S. attorney general, as well as state and local officials, nongovernmental groups and business leaders. The targets were allegedly chosen because of race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity based on the group's belief that 'the white race is superior,' the Justice Department said in a Wednesday news release. Each target had a 'list card' that allegedly included reasons why the group viewed them as an enemy, according to the indictment. The list allegedly labeled the judge as 'an invader' from a foreign country and highlighted the judge's ruling on an immigration issue, the indictment states. Federal prosecutors say the senator was labeled 'an Anti-White, Anti-gun, Jewish senator' and that the former attorney general was called a racial slur. According to the news release, Lamb was responsible for identifying the targets and obtaining their home addresses and other personal information, which other group members could then disseminate. 'Transnational criminal networks that promote extremist ideology and seek to commit targeted assassinations and cause terror obviously have no place in our society,' Assistant Attorney General John A. Eisenberg of the Justice Department's National Security Division said in a statement. This article was originally published on
NBC News
03-07-2025
- Politics
- NBC News
Member of white supremacy group charged in alleged plot to solicit murder of 'high-value targets'
A 24-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly working with a transnational terrorist group to create a hit list of "high-value targets" for assassination that included U.S. officials, non-governmental organizations, and leaders of private companies, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Noah Lamb was charged and indicted in Northern California federal court with eight counts of conspiracy, soliciting the murder of federal officials, doxing federal officials, and interstate threatening communication, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. Authorities allege that between November 2021 and September 2024, Lamb collaborated with members of the Terrorgram Collective to create a list of targets they viewed as "enemies of the cause of white supremacist accelerationism," the indictment states. The Terrorgram Collective is described as a network of white supremacist, neo-Nazi and accelerationist groups who promote violence and white supremacy, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The group primarily connects through the social networking app Telegram. An attorney for Lamb declined to comment on the case. The indictment does not name any of the targets but says that the list included a U.S. senator, a U.S. district court judge, a former U.S. Attorney General, as well as state and local officials, non-governmental groups, and business leaders. The targets were allegedly chosen because of race, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity based on the group's belief that "the white race is superior," the Justice Department said in a Wednesday news release. Each target had a "list card" that allegedly included reasons why the group viewed them as an enemy, according to the indictment. The judge was allegedly labeled as "an invader" from a foreign country and highlighted the judge's ruling on an immigration issue, the indictment states. Federal prosecutors say the senator was allegedly labeled "an Anti-White, Anti-gun, Jewish senator," and the former attorney general was called a racial slur. According to the news release, Lamb was responsible for identifying the targets and obtaining their home addresses and other personal information, which other group members could then disseminate. "Transnational criminal networks that promote extremist ideology and seek to commit targeted assassinations and cause terror obviously have no place in our society," Assistant Attorney General John A. Eisenberg of the Justice Department's National Security Division said in a statement.
Fox News
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
California man allegedly crafted assassination list targeting federal officials in White supremacist plot
A California man who was an alleged White supremacist and member of a transnational terrorist group faces federal charges after creating a list containing federal officials as targets for assassination, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ said 24-year-old Noah Lamb has been indicted on eight counts, including conspiracy, three counts each of soliciting the murder of federal officials and doxxing federal officials and a single count of threatening communications, all in connection with his work on a hit list of "high-value targets" for assassination. "The defendant collaborated with members of the online "Terrorgram Collective" to create a list of targets for assassination," acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith said. "Individuals on the list were targeted because of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity, including federal officials. An indictment unsealed on Wednesday claims Lamb was a member of the "Terrorgram Collective," which is a transnational terrorist group that operates Telegram, a digital messaging platform. The group allegedly uses Telegram to promote racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism, the DOJ said. "Members of the 'Terrorgram Collective' believe the white race is superior; that society is irreparably corrupt and cannot be saved by political action; and that violence and terrorism are necessary to ignite a race war and accelerate the collapse of the government and the rise of a white ethnostate," the DOJ said. Lamb is accused of allegedly conspiring with members of the collective to create and disseminate an assassination hit list containing "high-value targets," including federal, state and local officials. Also on the list, the indictment alleges, are leaders of private companies and non-governmental organizations. The indictment alleges that all the individuals on the list were targeted because of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity. "The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is committed to aggressively pursuing those who engage in hate-fueled conspiracies and terrorist threats," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, said. "We will use every tool available to protect the civil rights of all Americans and ensure justice for those targeted by such heinous acts." Federal prosecutors announced charges in September 2024 against Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho, who were both charged with a 15-count indictment for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support for terrorists. The indictment against Humber and Allison claims they were both leaders of the "Terrorgram Collective." Federal prosecutors said at the time that the channel was used to promote "white supremacist accelerationism" and the idea that violence and terrorism were "necessary to ignite a race war and accelerate the collapse of the government and the rise of a white ethnostate." The indictment accused the two of soliciting followers via the Telegram channel to attack perceived enemies of White people, including government buildings and energy facilities and "high-value" targets, such as politicians. DOJ officials said the pair used the app to transmit bomb-making instructions and to distribute a list of potential targets for assassination — including a federal judge, a senator and a former U.S. attorney — and to celebrate acts or plots from active "Terrorgram" users. Allison and Humber pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.
CNN
02-07-2025
- Politics
- CNN
White supremacist charged in an alleged plot to solicit the murder of federal officials
A member of a chat-based White supremacy group has been charged in an alleged plot to solicit the murder of federal officials – including a senator and federal judge – through an online 'kill list' he allegedly helped create. Noah Lamb, 24, was charged in federal court in Northern California with eight counts, including soliciting the murder of federal officials and a conspiracy to assassinate federal officials, according to court records. Lamb, along with two other individuals who were charged last year in the conspiracy, allegedly helped create what they called 'The List' – targeting perceived enemies of White supremacist accelerationism, an ideology centered around the belief that terrorism is necessary to ignite a race war that will create a White ethnostate in the US, prosecutors say. The group, known as the Terrorgram Collective, includes a network of users and group chats on the private messaging platform Telegram. The group, which Lamb was allegedly part of for several years, created the list and disseminated to its members. One of Lamb's responsibilities in the group, according to the charging documents, was to identify certain targets and find their home addresses and any other information that could be included in the kill list to help others find and target people on the list. Court documents say the list included a US senator described as being an 'Anti-White, Anti-gun, Jewish Senator' as well as a federal judge who the White supremacy group saw as an 'invader' from a foreign country as well as someone they called 'first [racial slur] US Attorney.' The list would include photographs of the targets along with their name, address, and, sometimes, the target's spouse, court documents say, along with an image of a rifle and 'a short description of why the target should be assassinated.' Lamb was arrested Tuesday, and the Justice Department is asking he continue to be detained. Agents found White supremacist literature and gun parts with him, prosecutors said. A lawyer for Lamb was not listed in court records of the case.
