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2 California Men Have Been Charged With Plotting To Bomb A Democratic Party Building

Ian Rogers and Jarrod Copeland are facing several federal charges. Prosecutors say that at one point, Rogers told Copeland: "I want to blow up a democrat building bad."
Two men have been indicted over what authorities say was a plan to attack the Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif.
Updated July 16, 2021 at 12:37 PM ET

Two California men who were angry about former President Donald Trump's 2020 election loss have been indicted on charges they plotted to firebomb the Democratic Party's headquarters in Sacramento.

The defendants, 45-year-old Ian Rogers and 37-year-old Jarrod Copeland, are both facing one count of conspiracy to destroy a building by fire or explosives. Rogers has also been charged with

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