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Two heavily armed supporters of President Donald Trump were arrested this week when the FBI received a tip that they were planning to drive to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where they hoped to pick people off.
Local news station WISN reports that Missouri residents Michael Karmo and Cody Smith were arrested by federal agents in a hotel parking lot this week after the FBI learned on Tuesday that they were driving to Kenosha armed with a large cache of weapons.
According to WISN, agents searched the mens vehicle and hotel room and found an Armory AR-15 assault rifle, a Mossberg 500 AB 12-Gauge shotgun, two handguns, a silencer, ammunition, body armor, a drone and other materials.
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According to a criminal complaint filed against them, both Karmo and Smith are part of the 417 2nd Amendment Militia of Missouri and that they went to Kenosha to attend President Donald Trumps rally.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trump-supporters-plotted-trip-to-kenosha-to-pick-people-off-feds/
Editing to add the criminal complaint
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwi/press-release/file/1313031/download
a. A black EP Armory AR-15, with muzzle device and optic, in gun case, bearing no Serial Number;
b. A Mossberg 500 AB 12-Gauge shotgun, bearing Serial Number 086982;
c. A Taurus PT92AF 9mm handgun, bearing Serial Number TIA60420;
d. A homemade silencer-type device;
e. Four (4) 30-round 5.56x45 caliber rifle magazines. One was empty, one had two rounds, and two were partially loaded with green-tip ammunition;
f. Two (2) 15-round, 9mm, handgun magazines, unloaded;
g. A black Ruger case containing two (2) 17-round, 9mm pistol magazines, fully loaded, plus three (3) 9mm rounds;
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Five (5) 12 Gauge shotgun shells;
A black, 9mm magazine, partially loaded;
A black, firearm muzzle attachment;
A black Typhoon Drone with components in case;
An Army ACU pattern body armor, bearing Serial Number AR817651;
Black Molle tactical gear;
A black, LG2 cellular telephone, Model LM-Q710WA;
A small plastic bag containing a green leafy substance that field-tested positive for marijuana;
An orange and blue pipe that field-tested positive for the presence of marijuana; A Safariland right leg holster; and
A folding knife, Brand Cold Steel, Model type Voyager, 5 Vz" serrated blade. KARMO and SMITH also consented to a search of their hotel room, Room 148,at
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the La Quinta Hotel & Inn. The following items were recovered from the hotel room:
a. A Ruger 9mm handgun, bearing Serial Number 336-16364 with one (1) 9mm round in chamber and one (1) magazine containing nine (9) 9mm rounds;
b. A Brand Cold Steel dagger, Model type Oyabun, 8 %" tanto blade with sheath;
c. A twisted cable survival saw;
d. A Remington 9mm Luger FMJ, 115 grain 100-round box with sixty-seven (67) rounds;
e. One hundred thirty-one (131) 12 Gauge shotgun shells;
f. A black Samsung S9+, model number SM-G965U; and