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The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event
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The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event

The Guardian · Jun 27, 2026, 12:00 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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Court files show how men connected through Tik Tok and encrypted apps planned attack on White House UFC fight When Tycen Proper, 19, finished high school, his family gave him at least $3,000 of “graduation money”, according to court documents. Despite the generosity, he seemed content to just live at his parents’ home, in a tiny Ohio town near Amish country, and spend more and more time on the internet.But Proper did have ambition of a kind, an affidavit says. He quit his job to focus on a special project that he was planning with friends from the internet. His mother saw him studying maps of Washington DC. He also put his graduation money into investments that made his father uneasy: a rifle, a shotgun, body armor, ammunition. Continue reading...

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