A Coast Guard lieutenant arrested last Friday on gun and drug charges allegedly wanted to conduct a mass killing. Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, of Silver Spring, Maryland, is alleged to be a white supremacist who had a hit list that included prominent Democratic politicians as well as several journalists from CNN and MSNBC. Hasson's case was first circulated by counterterrorism expert Seamus Hughes and the George Washington Program on Extremism. Hasson's hit list includes Democratic politicians -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Kamala Harris of California, as well as former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas -- as well as CNN journalists Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and Van Jones and MSNBC's Chris Hayes, Ari Melber and Joe Scarborough. Court documents say Hasson espoused extremist and white supremacist views and allege that he relied on the manifesto of Anders Breivik, a Norwegian who was convicted in 2011 of two terror attacks that killed 77 people. Read more https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/20/politics/coast-guard-mass-killing-hit-list/index.html
Joe Scarborough Goes After Donald Trump, GOP For ‘Pathetic’ Silence On Alleged Terror Plot Joe Scarborough on Friday lambasted President Donald Trump and high-profile Republican lawmakers for their continued silence about the arrest of a Coast Guard lieutenant who was allegedly plotting a terror attack to kill leading Democrats and journalists. Scarborough, the co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” was reportedly one of the public figures white nationalist Christopher Paul Hasson researched while planning an attack. He called out several lawmakers by name on the show and asked why they hadn’t commented on Hasson’s arrest. Read more https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-scarborough-republicans-coast-guard_n_5c6ff9abe4b03cfdaa5449b5
