"A former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs faces up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of transporting fireworks across state lines with the intent to injure law enforcement at a "No Kings" protest in San Diego, authorities said. FBI agents found messages on Gregory Vandenberg's phone indicating he was upset with President Trump because he believed the U.S. government is controlled by Israel and the Jewish people, according to the Department of Justice."
"Vandenberg, 49, was planning on traveling from El Paso to San Diego to unleash harmful fireworks at a June 14 protest, prosecutors said. Inside his car agents found T-shirts with a neo-Nazi symbol printed on them, a flag for the militant group the Caucasian Front, an Al Qaeda flag and a Latin message saying "Judea must be destroyed," among other paraphernalia displaying anti-Israel and extremist beliefs, prosecutors said."
"On June 12, Vandenberg stopped at a travel center near Lordsburg, N.M., and purchased six large mortar fireworks as well as 72 M-150 firecrackers, which are designed to sound like gunfire. He repeatedly expressed his desire to use the fireworks to harm law enforcement at upcoming protests in California and urged the store clerk to join him, prosecutors said. Vandenberg, who had no stable employment and lived in his car, told the clerk he had significant knowledge of explosives"
Gregory Vandenberg, a former Navy SEAL, was convicted of transporting fireworks and explosives across state lines with intent to injure law enforcement at a San Diego "No Kings" protest and faces up to 10 years in prison. Messages on his phone showed antisemitic beliefs and a conviction that the U.S. government is controlled by Israel. Agents found neo‑Nazi and extremist paraphernalia in his car, including T-shirts with neo‑Nazi symbols, a Caucasian Front flag, an Al Qaeda flag, and a Latin message reading "Judea must be destroyed." He purchased large mortar fireworks and M‑150 firecrackers and expressed a desire to harm officers.
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