WASHINGTON \u2014 Fanatical TikTokkers armed with assault rifles plotted to attack the UFC Freedom 250 at the White House South Lawn Sunday night \u2014 after revving each other up over Jeffrey Epstein, billionaires, Israel and a hatred of President Trump,\u00a0according to court papers and sources who spoke with The Post.<\/p>\n
The multi-phase plot called for explosive drones to strike the South Lawn during the event, forcing attendees to flee outside the White House, where a sniper team could pick them off, officials and prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
The FBI foiled the zealots\u2019 plans by infiltrating Signal chat\u00a0groups where they were planning \u201ca coordinated attack\u201d to kill President Trump and other government officials<\/a>,\u00a0according to federal criminal complaints and affidavits unsealed Tuesday.<\/p>\n Tycen Proper, 19, was arrested in connection with the drone attack plot. Franklin County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n The Blue Angels fly over the White House during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn on June 14, 2026, in Washington, DC. @WhiteHouse\/X<\/p>\n At least five suspects were arrested last week, and up to 10 others are wanted in connection with the plot, law enforcement sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The suspects face up to life in prison for the murder charges and up to five years for conspiring to commit an act of violence at the White House.<\/p>\n The \u201cultra-religious\u201d guerrillas espoused \u201canti-government\u201d or anti-Israel views and had initially started plotting in a TikTok group called \u201cVanguard of the Old\u201d in March 2026 before moving conversations to a private Signal group called \u201cHunters.\u201d<\/p>\n The quintet was charged in at least four states\u00a0\u2014 California, Ohio, Missouri, and Nebraska\u00a0\u2014 with conspiring to murder members of the government and others after the parent of one alerted local police.<\/p>\n President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, tech billionaire Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were all named as potential targets, in addition to members of Congress and a West Virginia state lawmaker, according to court docs.<\/p>\n Officers gather outside the UFC 250 Freedom event at the White House on Sunday, June 14, 2026. Joey Sussman\/Zuma \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n \u201cAs many and as deadly as we can get,\u201d said suspected ringleader\u00a0Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez in one of the messages\u00a0<\/p>\n Another,\u00a0Tycen Proper, was arrested on June 10 after his mother notified the Danville, Ohio, Police Department and Knox County Sheriff\u2019s Office of concerns about her son\u2019s recent \u201cfirearms purchases\u00a0and\u00a0communicating with\u00a0certain individuals online,\u201d according to an affidavit filed in the Southern District of Ohio.<\/p>\n Those persons \u201cclaimed to be ex-military and Christian-based,\u201d the mother later said in a phone interview with an FBI task force officer.<\/p>\n The multi-phase plot called for explosive drones to strike the South Lawn during the event, forcing attendees to flee outside the White House. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n Michael Alan Thomas and others allegedly involved in the plot initially connected on a TikTok group called \u201cVanguard of the Old\u201d. TikTok\/Mick<\/p>\n Their \u201cgrievances\u201d included \u201cgovernment corruption, the handling of the [Jeffrey] Epstein files, data centers taking up all the water in communities, and other government actions,\u201d as well as \u201cbillionaires\u201d and \u201ccapitalist elites.\u201d<\/p>\n Proper\u2019s mother had overheard him speaking on the phone and mentioning that he was undergoing physical training for \u201crecon\u201d and \u201chit and run missions,\u201d which she understood to mean \u201cconducting shootings.\u201d<\/p>\n Her son had been leaning \u201cheavily\u201d into his Christian beliefs, but she expressed that those in the chat groups had been \u201cusing religion to manipulate and influence her son,\u201d the affidavit stated.<\/p>\n In one of the private chat groups, the suspects debated targeting Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as well as West Virginia GOP Reps. Carol Miller, Riley Moore and state delegate Tristan Leavitt.<\/p>\n President Trump sits with first lady Melania Trump during the \u201cUFC Freedom 250\u201d mixed martial arts event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, June 14, 2026. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI got a possible target, Marsha Blackburn is senator for Tennessee,\u201d Proper said on May 13 in the chat, responding that she was a target because the Republican had \u201ctaken money from the pro-Israel lobby and supports them.\u201d<\/p>\n