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FBI: Waukesha teen killed parents in extremist plot to assassinate Trump

A federal search warrant unsealed Friday links Nikita Casap to an extremist group and manifesto laying out plans to launch a political revolution

FBI: Waukesha teen killed parents in extremist plot to assassinate Trump

A federal search warrant unsealed Friday links Nikita Casap to an extremist group and manifesto laying out plans to launch a political revolution

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      A FEDERAL JUDGE UNSEALED THOSE RECORDS TODAY. AND THOSE RECORDS, DEREK, GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRAIL. INVESTIGATORS FOLLOWED IN THIS CASE, AND HOW THE MURDERS WERE PART OF A MUCH LARGER, DISTURBING PLOT. THEY DETAIL NIKITA KASAB’S INTERNET ACTIVITY AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACY AND OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNMENT. A FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANT UNSEALED FRIDAY DETAILS A MURDER PLOT AS PART OF A PLAN TARGETING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE DOCUMENTS ATTRIBUTE THAT PLOT TO 17 YEAR OLD WAUKESHA STUDENT NIKITA KASAP. CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF HIS MOTHER, TATIANA, AND STEPFATHER DONALD MAYER, INSIDE THEIR HOME FEBRUARY 11TH. ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, THE TEENAGER STAYED INSIDE THE HOME WITH THEIR BODIES FOR 12 DAYS. VICTIM B BODY WAS APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN DECEASED FOR SOME TIME, WAS UNABLE TO DEFINITIVELY IDENTIFY WHO IT WAS. POLICE ARRESTED KASAP IN KANSAS WEEKS LATER, FINDING HIM WITH HIS STEPFATHER’S CAR, GUN AND $14,000. THE MOTIVE FOR THE MURDERS, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL WARRANT, WAS TO USE THAT MONEY TO FUND A PLAN CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT’S ASSASSINATION, TO, QUOTE, FERMENT A POLITICAL REVOLUTION IN THE UNITED STATES AND SAVE THE WHITE RACE. ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS, KASAP SHARED AN AFFINITY FOR THE NEO-NAZI GROUP THE ORDER OF NINE ANGLES, AND THEY ALSO REFERENCE A THREE PAGE MANIFESTO QUOTED AS SAYING AS TO WHY, SPECIFICALLY TRUMP. I THINK IT’S OBVIOUS BY GETTING RID OF THE PRESIDENT AND PERHAPS THE VICE PRESIDENT, THAT IS GUARANTEED TO BRING SOME CHAOS. THE RECORDS SHOW KASAP ON THE PLATFORM’S TIKTOK AND TELEGRAM DISCUSSED BUYING A DRONE TO USE IN AN ATTACK. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY HE TOLD A CLASSMATE, QUOTE, WHEN THEY SAW TEN CONSECUTIVE ATTACKS IN THE NEWS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIM. INVESTIGATORS ALSO SAY KASAP PAID FOR, AT LEAST IN PART, A DRONE AND EXPLOSIVES TO BE USED AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION TO COMMIT AN ATTACK. AND EMILY, THOSE DOCUMENTS SAY KASAB SHARED SOME OF HIS IDEOLOGY AND MURDEROUS PLOT WITH CLASSMATES. ANY INDICATION THOSE CLASSMATES CAME FORWARD TO POLICE? NOT ACCORDING TO THESE DOCUMENTS. AS FOR HIS FUTURE PLANS, THOUGH, INVESTIGATORS SAY KASAP DISCUSSED MOVING TO UKRAINE, ASKING WHETHER HE COULD LIVE A NORMAL
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      FBI: Waukesha teen killed parents in extremist plot to assassinate Trump

      A federal search warrant unsealed Friday links Nikita Casap to an extremist group and manifesto laying out plans to launch a political revolution

      A Waukesha teenager, killing his parents for money, was hoping to fuel an extremist view as part of an overarching plot to overthrow the United States government, which included calls for the assassination of President Donald Trump, newly unsealed federal records revealed.The revelations are laid out by FBI investigators in the documents filed in March in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The records highlight the investigation into the deaths of Tatiana Casap and her husband, Donald Mayer.Waukesha County prosecutors charged Nikita Casap, with killing his mother and stepfather inside their Waukesha home in February.Casap, 17, according to the federal documents, shared the views of an extremist neo-Nazi group, The Order of Nine Angles. The records said investigators found materials on several devices from Casap's home. The group is described by the FBI as a "satanic cult" with "strong anti-Judaism anti-Christian and anti-western ideologies" whose goal is to incite "chaos and violence."They also found documents that referenced a self-described manifesto, which described a call to assassinate President Trump, make and detonate bombs and carry out other terrorist attacks. In the three-page manifesto, the goal of the assassination attempt was to start a political revolution and promote white supremacy.The document said they also found messages in Russian.READ THE UNSEALED SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVITIn an excerpt from the manifesto, Casap specifies that assassinating the President would create chaos and start the hypothetical revolution. "As to why, specifically Trump, I think it's pretty obvious. By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos," the manifesto read, according to the warrant.It went on to say, "point being, this manifesto is specifically for the attack that targets Trump."The FBI also obtained an image with information on how to use a drone as a deadly weapon. An online chat with another user also detailed Casap asking questions on how to use it and how effective it would be. Casap ended up paying, in part, for a drone and explosives to be used as a weapon.According to the warrant, the killings of Tatiana Casap and Donald Mayer "appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" to carry out Nikita's plan.Casap also apparently had intentions of escaping overseas. In an online chat with a Ukrainian user, the documents said, Casap asked the person how long he would have to hide until he was moved to Ukraine and if he'd be able to get a job there."How long will I need to hide before I will be moved to Ukraine? 1-2 months?" Casap asked, according to the warrant. The FBI also obtained messages with a separate person who gave Casap instructions to obtain a different license plate after he drove through Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma and then to California.On March 10, the sheriff's office interviewed a classmate of Casap, the warrant said. The classmate said Casap told them he intended to kill his parents by shooting them. He also told them he would befriend someone with a gun and steal it. He also told them that he was talking to someone in Russia with plans to overthrow the U.S. government and assassinate President Trump."Casap told the classmate that when they saw 10 consecutive attacks in the news, it would have been him," the search warrant said.On April 9, a Waukesha County judge ruled Casap's case could move to trial in the deaths of his mother and stepfather. He is facing nine felony charges, including first-degree intentional homicide, but Waukesha County prosecutors hinted at more charges coming.Casap is in custody on a $1 million bond.The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office also obtained a search warrant on March 3. That search warrant said investigators seized multiple computers, hard drives, cellphones, iPads, thumb drives, security cameras and more from Mayer's home, the SUV Nikita Casap was driving when police in Kansas found him, as well as other locations.Top Headlines'Severe underperformance': Harley-Davidson board member resignsWe Energies announces death of beloved peregrine falconsKenosha police zero-in on 'tavern skimming crew' scamming bar gambling machinesCat survives 3 weeks trapped in Milwaukee apartment ductwork

      A Waukesha teenager, killing his parents for money, was hoping to fuel an extremist view as part of an overarching plot to overthrow the United States government, which included calls for the assassination of President Donald Trump, newly unsealed federal records revealed.

      The revelations are laid out by FBI investigators in the documents filed in March in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The records highlight the investigation into the deaths of Tatiana Casap and her husband, Donald Mayer.

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      Waukesha County prosecutors charged Nikita Casap, with killing his mother and stepfather inside their Waukesha home in February.

      Casap, 17, according to the federal documents, shared the views of an extremist neo-Nazi group, The Order of Nine Angles. The records said investigators found materials on several devices from Casap's home. The group is described by the FBI as a "satanic cult" with "strong anti-Judaism anti-Christian and anti-western ideologies" whose goal is to incite "chaos and violence."

      They also found documents that referenced a self-described manifesto, which described a call to assassinate President Trump, make and detonate bombs and carry out other terrorist attacks. In the three-page manifesto, the goal of the assassination attempt was to start a political revolution and promote white supremacy.

      The document said they also found messages in Russian.

      READ THE UNSEALED SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT

      In an excerpt from the manifesto, Casap specifies that assassinating the President would create chaos and start the hypothetical revolution. "As to why, specifically Trump, I think it's pretty obvious. By getting rid of the president and perhaps the vice president, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos," the manifesto read, according to the warrant.

      It went on to say, "point being, this manifesto is specifically for the attack that targets Trump."

      The FBI also obtained an image with information on how to use a drone as a deadly weapon. An online chat with another user also detailed Casap asking questions on how to use it and how effective it would be. Casap ended up paying, in part, for a drone and explosives to be used as a weapon.

      According to the warrant, the killings of Tatiana Casap and Donald Mayer "appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" to carry out Nikita's plan.

      Casap also apparently had intentions of escaping overseas. In an online chat with a Ukrainian user, the documents said, Casap asked the person how long he would have to hide until he was moved to Ukraine and if he'd be able to get a job there.

      "How long will I need to hide before I will be moved to Ukraine? 1-2 months?" Casap asked, according to the warrant.

      The FBI also obtained messages with a separate person who gave Casap instructions to obtain a different license plate after he drove through Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma and then to California.

      On March 10, the sheriff's office interviewed a classmate of Casap, the warrant said. The classmate said Casap told them he intended to kill his parents by shooting them. He also told them he would befriend someone with a gun and steal it. He also told them that he was talking to someone in Russia with plans to overthrow the U.S. government and assassinate President Trump.

      "Casap told the classmate that when they saw 10 consecutive attacks in the news, it would have been him," the search warrant said.

      On April 9, a Waukesha County judge ruled Casap's case could move to trial in the deaths of his mother and stepfather. He is facing nine felony charges, including first-degree intentional homicide, but Waukesha County prosecutors hinted at more charges coming.

      Casap is in custody on a $1 million bond.

      The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office also obtained a search warrant on March 3. That search warrant said investigators seized multiple computers, hard drives, cellphones, iPads, thumb drives, security cameras and more from Mayer's home, the SUV Nikita Casap was driving when police in Kansas found him, as well as other locations.

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