Militia member admits role in attack on Minnesota mosque
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A militia member accused of bombing a Minnesota mosque and attempting to bomb an Illinois women's clinic pleaded guilty Thursday to his role in the attacks.
Michael McWhorter of Clarence, Illinois, pleaded guilty to five counts in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. As part of the plea deal, he faces as much as 38 years in prison.
McWhorter and two other men — Joe Morris and Michael Hari — were accused of multiple counts, including federal civil rights and hate crimes, in the Aug. 5, 2017, attack on Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. They were also charged for a failed attack on a Champaign, Illinois, abortion clinic in November 2017.
Morris was expected to plead guilty in another hearing later Thursday. Hari, a former sheriff's deputy and the purported ringleader in the mosque attack , remains in federal custody in Illinois.
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