Apparent Bernie Sanders Supporter Accused of Biden Assassination Plan
By Kipp Jones
Published October 24, 2020 at 1:11pm
A man who appeared to support Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is accused of plotting to assassinate Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden earlier this year.
Authorities are accusing Alexander Hillel Treisman, 19, of a plot to kill the former vice president involving guns and explosives.
Tresiman, who is reported to be from Washington state, has been in custody ever since he was arrested in May on charges unrelated to the alleged Biden plot.
Police in Kannapolis, North Carolina, arrested Treisman for allegedly carrying a concealed weapon after discovering his van in the parking lot of a bank.
A court document obtained by WBTV describes what police said they found when they looked into the van.
“Through the windows, KPD officers observed an AR-15 style rifle, a box for a Taurus .380 handgun, a cannister of the explosive material Tannerite, and a box of 5.56 caliber ammunition,” federal Judge Joe Webster wrote earlier this month, citing testimony of FBI Special Agent Aaron Seres, in announcing his decision to keep Tresiman behind bars.
“Treisman quickly became the target of a Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) investigation which included agents from multiple field offices around the country,” according to The Daily Beast.
Authorities said that during their investigation, they found child pornography on the man’s phone and other devices.
But Tresiman’s electronic devices reportedly unearthed other disturbing files, including online research about the alleged Biden assassination plot.
According to the judge, federal prosecutors proffered a “timeline of internet searches conducted by Defendant between March and May 2020 seeking information about Joe Biden’s home address, state gun laws, rifle parts, and night vision goggles, along with actions taken by Defendant, including posting the above mentioned meme about killing Joe Biden, purchasing an AR-15 in New Hampshire, traveling to a Wendy’s within 4 miles of Joe Biden’s home, and writing a checklist note ending with ‘execute.'”
The report of Treisman’s alleged plot against Biden led some on social media to connect the young man to President Donald Trump: