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Store clerk foiled ex-Navy SEAL's explosives plot targeting police at No Kings protest, feds say

2026-07-28

[FOX] A former U.S. Navy SEAL was convicted in a foiled plot to attack law enforcement officers with explosives during a "No Kings" protest

…the anti-Trump No Kings thing was yet another Antifa/Black Bloc anarcho-communist syndicalist action…

in California after a store clerk's tip led federal investigators to him.

Gregory Vandenberg, 49,

…who identifies as a neo-Nazi, joined in the Antifa fun because he was angry with President Trump because Mr. Vandenburg believes the US government is controlled by Israel and the Jews…

was found guilty after a five-day federal trial of transportation of explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate and attempted transportation of prohibited fireworks into California, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico.

Jurors deliberated for about three hours before returning the guilty verdict.

Prosecutors said Vandenberg was driving from El Paso, Texas, to San Diego ahead of the June 14, 2025, demonstrations when he stopped at a travel center near Lordsburg, New Mexico, and purchased six mortar-style fireworks and 72 M-150 firecrackers.

While making the purchase, Vandenberg told a store clerk he intended to throw the explosives at law enforcement officers during the protests, federal authorities said.

He repeatedly asked about the amount of gunpowder in the fireworks, whether taping multiple mortars together would increase their explosive force and said he was interested only in their ability to injure officers, prosecutors said.

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