‘I want to bomb Trump Tower.’ Feds charge N.J. man with supporting terror group

May 22, 2019 , and   

(NJ.com) Federal authorities arrested a New Jersey man on Wednesday, claiming he sought to join a terror group after being radicalized online and posted an Instagram poll asking his followers if he should “bomb Trump Tower.”

Jonathan Xie, 20, faces charges of attempting to provide support to a designated terrorist group, making false statements and transmitting threats, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.

Authorities claim the Basking Ridge resident corresponded with members of Hamas, a Palestinian fundamentalist group considered a terror organization by United States, eventually wiring the group $100 and bragging about it on social media.

In April, he allegedly appeared in one Instagram video wearing a black ski mask saying he intended to go to a pro-Israel march and “to shoot everybody,” authorities claim.

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