Feds Arrest Man Plotting Capitol Terrorist Attack

Earlier this afternoon, the cable news network channels announced that the FBI had foiled a potential terror attack targeted at the US Capitol. Fox News was the first to break the news. “A 31-year-old man was stopped on his way to Capitol Hill for what he intended to be a suicide mission to blow himself up. Is this happening now in the United States of America?” Fox News’ Megyn Kelly exclaimed.

Fox News has more exclusive news on the arrest:

The man, who was of Moroccan descent, was nabbed following a lengthy investigation by the FBI, initiated after he expressed interest in conducting an attack. It’s unclear how the FBI learned of his aspirations.

The man thought undercover FBI agents assisting him in his plot were associates of Al Qaeda.

When he was arrested Friday in Washington, he was carrying with him a vest supposedly packed with explosives, but the material inside was not actually dangerous, Fox News was told.

Watch Kelly explain the details of the terror plot below via Fox News:

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