The FBI had been keeping close tabs on him after an informant reported to the bureau that Cornell had been posting threats to national security on social media. The 20 year old was arrested after he bought two M-15 assault rifles and 600 rounds of ammunition. As soon as his purchase was finished, several agents apprehended him outside of the gun store.
Thankfully, his plot was foiled before he could detonate his pipe bombs, and shoot those employees and government officials fleeing from the Capital building.
However, his father spoke with ABC News, and insisted that the FBI “set him up” and coerced him into planning an attack.
“He was a vulnerable, gullible 16 year old in a 20 year olds body, and I think the FBI coerced him,” said John Cornell, Sr, father of Christopher Lee Cornell.
Yesterday the FBI arrested Ohio resident Christopher Lee Cornell for plotting a terrorist attack on the U.S. Capital. According to government documents, he hoped to detonate a…
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