7 Now Under Arrest in Alleged Plot to Attack Trump's UFC Show

Two more people in Missouri and Washington state have been arrested in connection with what authorities say was a planned attack targeting President Trump's UFC cage-fighting show at the White House earlier this month, the AP reports. Law enforcement officials disrupted the plan a few days before the June 14 White House event, according to court documents. Law enforcement officials learned about the possible threat on June 10, four days before the mixed martial arts extravaganza on the White House's South Lawn. The Justice Department last week announced federal charges against five people from states including Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska, and California. The latest arrests bring the number of people known to be facing federal charges to seven.

William Lee Spartacus Falkner of Belfair, Washington, was arrested Friday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, according to court documents filed Monday in the Western District of Washington. Jordan W. Rincker, 28, was arrested Sunday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the Western District of Missouri. Officials say the group members harbored fringe conspiracy theories and hoped the attack would destabilize the government. The investigation began after the mother of an Ohio man contacted police because she was concerned about her son's recent firearms purchases and online communications, according to an FBI affidavit filed in the case.

The man, 19-year-old Tycen Proper, told investigators that he was part of a group that wanted to trigger a revolution and target members of the government, and that they planned to fly explosive-laden drones into the event and then shoot panicked crowd members as they fled, according to the affidavit. Proper is charged with firearms offenses and crimes including attempted murder of an officer or employee of the United States. Investigators recovered high-powered firearms from several of the suspects and reviewed encrypted text messages between roughly 20 participants who shared detailed maps and aerial photographs of the area and discussed the need for a "safe house" and escape routes after the intended attack, the documents show. But it's unclear from the court records how close the would-be attackers could have come to being able to carry out the plan had it not been thwarted.