Ohio ISIS supporter allegedly planned State of the Union attack

August 02, 2016 00:17

Federal authorities say an Ohio man planned to attack the US Capitol in support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria during President Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address.

That timing was disclosed Monday during a hearing in which Christopher Lee Cornell, 22, pleaded guilty to three federal charges, including offering material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He also pleaded guilty to attempted murder of US officials and employees and a firearms charge.

The FBI arrested Cornell in January 2015 outside a suburban gun shop where they said he had just bought two M-15 assault weapons and ammunition. They said previously he planned also to attack with pipe bombs.

Cornell had previously pleaded not guilty and his father claimed he was misled by "a snitch".

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