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A GOP congressman slammed the FBI for allegedly encouraging and enabling a terror plot, saying the agency fabricated the conspiracy. Meanwhile, the FBI arrested a New York woman it says planned an ISIS-inspired bombing of the state Capitol and scouted the building.
A GOP congressman attacked the FBI for allegedly encouraging and enabling a terror plot—essentially saying the agency fabricated the conspiracy it then arrested someone for. In the same news cycle, the FBI arrested a New York woman it says planned an ISIS-inspired bombing of the state Capitol and scouted the building. The congressman's accusation hangs over the arrest without disputing the facts of what the woman allegedly did.
Entrapment arguments against the FBI are common and often dismissible. But when a sitting congressman makes the accusation publicly, it signals skepticism about FBI sting tactics more broadly. The pattern here—FBI informants embedded in alleged plots, encouragement to act, then arrests—is real enough that courts have scrutinized it repeatedly. The congressman's complaint doesn't prove anything, but it reflects a real tension: how much of the 'plot' was genuine intent versus an undercover agent pushing someone toward action?
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