Extremists Links: New Details Emerge in Failed Republican Candidate's Plot to Shoot Homes of Democratic Officials

New details are emerging about Solomon Peña allegedly paying four men in a plot to shoot at the homes of Democratic officials in New Mexico.

Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina speaks about the arrest of Solomon Peña. (Image: Screenshot)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

Reporting on Shooting Plot of New Mexico Democratic Officials

• What we know about the former GOP candidate arrested for shootings at N.M. Democrats' homes [Axios]

• GOP Candidate Accused of ‘Masterminding’ Plot to Shoot Up Democrats’ Homes [Vice]

• Defeated Republican charged with attacks on New Mexico Democrats [Reuters]

• Criminal complaint alleges failed GOP House candidate wanted to hit residents in shootings [Santa Fe New Mexican]

• Ballistics, cell phone data and an informant: Court records lay out the case against Solomon Pena [Albuquerque Journal]

• Self-proclaimed ‘MAGA King’ charged with string of shootings at Democratic politicians’ homes [Daily Dot]

• He Cheered Trump on Jan. 6. Now He’s Accused of Targeting Political Rivals. [The New York Times]

• Solomon Pena was belligerent to neighbors who opposed his political views, condo official says [NBC News]

• New Mexico lawmaker says shootings suspect confronted her outside her home: "He was definitely aggressive" [CBS News]

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Extremists

• Far-right activists go on trial accused of plot to assassinate Macron [The Guardian]

• Americans' belief in antisemitic conspiracies, tropes doubles since 2019, ADL survey shows [Reuters]

• On the rise in the U.S., antisemitism is seeping into the workplace [Los Angeles Times]

• At The Anniversary Of Texas Synagogue Hostage Crisis, A New Report On Antisemitism [Religion Unplugged]