On Friday, former podcast host turned FBI Director Kash Patel claimed his agents had “stopped a potential terror attack in Michigan” before it happened and that a “violent plot linked to international terrorism was disrupted.” Three suspects, all between 16 and 20 years old, were arrested.
Patel’s team did a full, heavily armed raid for the cameras — but a closer look shows that the Trump administration is once again making things up and lying.
Like they’ve done many times before, FBI agents infiltrated online chats of Muslim teenagers who might have been talking with ISIS and possibly planning an attack.
However, the FBI itself admits that “what the plot was, when it would happen, and what the target would be was unclear.”
The suspects went to a gun range and used AK-47 rifles — a common activity that the Republican Party has allowed, even though it has cost thousands of young lives — and then mentioned “pumpkin day,” which was thought to be a possible reference to Halloween.
That was enough for Patel’s team to act.
Essentially, there’s no real proof beyond some chat messages in conversations where FBI agents were involved — yet they’re using these kids as proof of a major win by the Trump administration.
This is a standard FBI tactic.
Agents have been known to groom teenagers online, encourage them to consider joining ISIS, and then arrest them right away. Some even pretend to be girls online to trick teens into discussing jihad.
In 2023, an 18-year-old named Matthew Aaron Llenaza was arrested for wanting to “join ISIS” after agents encouraged him in online chats, using the fact that he had bipolar disorder and psychosis to make it seem like they were finding real terrorists.
It’s important to remember that whenever the Trump administration says anything, you need to look deeper to find the truth — because they’re almost always lying or making things up to push their harmful agendas.
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