Man described as neo-Nazi pleads guilty in synagogue plot

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

COLLEEN SLEVIN,
Associated Press
Oct. 15, 2020
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 6:03 p.m.



FILE - In this July 25, 2020, file photo, signs, flowers and candles expressing love for the Jewish community stand outside the Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, Colo. Richard Holzer, 28, a man described by federal prosecutors as a neo-Nazi and white supremacist, pleaded guilty Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, to a hate crime for plotting to bomb the historic Colorado synagogue last year. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File)Christian Murdock/AP


DENVER (AP) — A man described by U.S. prosecutors as a neo-Nazi and white supremacist pleaded guilty on Thursday to a hate crime for plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue last year.

Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty to attempting to stop people from exercising their religion with an explosive or fire and attempting to destroy a building used in interstate commerce in a plea deal with prosecutors.

While each of the two crimes carries a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in prison, prosecutors in return promised not to ask a judge to impose a sentence of more than 20 years when Holzer is sentenced Jan. 21.

Holzer was arrested Nov. 1, 2019 after receiving phony pipe bombs and dynamite from undercover FBI agents he had been meeting with.

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[ck4829]

1. White Nationalist Terrorism

[sandensea]

2. One of the Orange Ogre's 'very fine people'

Here's to the FBI for foiling this barbaric plot - and just in the nick of time.

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. Could the press finally start reporting how its far right groups and individuals

that are responsible for the mass amount of killings and plots to kill innocents?

And admit that AnitFa is NOT a terrorist org, but a counter movement to this violent white supremacy and Fascism. They are folks, many young, who are educated and do not want their country turned into a Fascist state. That is the extent of their mission.

Is that so hard?

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Only a matter of time.

Wonder how many will give a shit when it happens.