White Supremacist Leader Found Guilty of Conspiring to Destroy Regional Power Grid
Source: US Justice Department
Defendant Planned Attack in Support of Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Ideology
After a six-day trial, a federal jury found Brandon Russell (29) a resident of Orlando, FL, guilty of conspiracy to damage an energy facility. From Nov 2022 to 3 Feb 2023, Russell conspired to carry out attacks against critical infrastructure, specifically transformers located within electrical substations, in furtherance of Russells racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist beliefs. Russell posted links to open-source maps of infrastructure, which included the locations of electrical substations, and he described how a small number of attacks on substations could cause a cascading failure. Russell also discussed maximizing the impact of the planned attack by hitting multiple substations at one time.
Russell recruited a Maryland-based woman, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, to carry out the attacks in Baltimore and elsewhere. They planned to damage energy facilities involved in the transmission and distribution of electricity and to cause a significant interruption and impairment of the Baltimore regional power grid. The intended monetary loss associated with the planned attacks would have exceeded $75 million.
Russell faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to damage an energy facility. A sentencing date has not been scheduled.
Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/white-supremacist-leader-found-guilty-conspiring-destroy-regional-power-grid

Brandon Russell studied nuclear physics, was a Florida Army Natl Guardsman, and founder of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. (Mugshot: Tampa Police Dept).

Sarah-Beth-Clendaniel was sentenced to 18 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release.
I wrote an OP about them several months ago. BOP should throw away the keys or send them to the new Supermax prison in El Salvador.
Link:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/maryland-woman-sentenced-18-years-federal-prison-conspiring-destroy-baltimore-region

Sober Retiree
(16 posts)Were they driving a Tesla when they got pulled over?
Permanut
(6,816 posts)Say, head of the TVA or the BPA.
There's a little matter of a pardon first, but that's just a minor matter.
JimRiggins
(15 posts)He'll get pardoned by the orange god king.
ailsagirl
(24,016 posts)are multiplying exponentially
wolfie001
(4,050 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 4, 2025, 04:21 PM - Edit history (1)
In fact, I have zero doubt. These are his listeners. They can't accept the modern America so they're fighting to pull us back in time when their (and mine) whiteness mattered. No longer. The lady got the book thrown at her. This clown should get a longer sentence.
I respectfully decline the suggestion of calling her a "lady."
I'll agree on "woman," but she's no lady, just as he's no "gentleman." 😉
wolfie001
(4,050 posts)I just edited my post because I made a grievous error. General Grievous for reference.......
Marcuse
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IronLionZion
(47,535 posts)since they have all the qualifications needed and are not DEI
GreenWave
(10,184 posts)Here she is with her human mask removed on the right.