{"id":2521936,"date":"2025-12-16T20:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-at-least-2-of-the-5-leftist-new-years-eve-bombing-suspects-are-transgender\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:25:19","slug":"report-at-least-2-of-the-5-leftist-new-years-eve-bombing-suspects-are-transgender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-at-least-2-of-the-5-leftist-new-years-eve-bombing-suspects-are-transgender\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: At Least 2 of the 5 Leftist New Year&#8217;s Eve Bombing Suspects Are Transgender"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-at-least-2-of-the-5-leftist-new-years-eve-bombing-suspects-are-transgender%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent FBI investigation led too the arrest of five individuals connected to a planned series of terrorist bombings in Los Angeles on New Year&#8217;s Eve. the suspects are linked to a splinter group of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, described by federal officials as a far-left, pro-palestinian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ice-director-sounds-alarm-biden-flooding-america-with-illegal-immigrants-to-expand-democrats-power\/\" title=\"Former ... Director Sounds Alarm: Biden Flooding America With Illegal Immigrants To Expand Democrats\u2019 Power\">anti-law enforcement<\/a>, and anti-government organization. Among those arrested, two are reported to be transgender. The group planned attacks targeting five businesses and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, allegedly using pipe bombs and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-whitmer-plot-suspects-now-face-weapon-of-mass-destruction-charges\/\" title=\"Three Whitmer Plot ... Now Face Weapon Of Mass Destruction Charges\">improvised explosive devices<\/a> (IEDs). Three suspects were found to have conducted bomb testing in the Mojave Desert. Journalist Andy Ngo revealed that one of the arrested, Micah James Legnon, is a transgender activist and a former Marine and police officer. The FBI intercepted these plans before any attacks could take place.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new report claims that two of five people arrested in connection with what the FBI said was a plot to unleash a wave of terrorist bombings in Los Angeles on New Year&rsquo;s Eve are transgender.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said that the people arrested were a splinter group of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, which federal officials said has a pro-Palestinian, anti-law-enforcement, and anti-government ideology, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/12\/16\/turtle-island-liberation-front-los-angeles-terror-plot\/87790593007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>. The suspects were part of a Signal group chat calling itself &ldquo;Order of the Black Lotus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel named four suspects &mdash; Audrey Ilene Carroll, 30; Dante Garfield, 24; Zachary Aaron Page, 32; and Tina Lai, 41&ndash; and said five businesses were being targeted.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants also allegedly discussed using pipe bombs to attack U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, with Carroll accused of saying, &ldquo;That would take some of them out and scare the rest of them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I can exclusively report that the fifth unnamed arrested suspect in the Turtle Island Liberation Front New Year&rsquo;s Eve mass bombing terror plot is Trantifa militant Micah James Legnon (center photo, in blue).<\/p>\n<p>Legnon is on a federal hold in Lafayette, La. He is a trans activist&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RZno4u6eaz\">pic.twitter.com\/RZno4u6eaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/2000766297341112534?\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Journalist Andy Ngo said there is another dimension to the arrests.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can exclusively report that the fifth unnamed arrested suspect in the Turtle Island Liberation Front New Year&rsquo;s Eve mass bombing terror plot is Trantifa militant Micah James Legnon,&rdquo; Ngo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/2000766297341112534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Legnon is on a federal hold in Lafayette, La. He is a trans activist and identifies as a female. His social media is filled with posts calling for the m-rder of people he labels as &lsquo;fascists,&rsquo;&rdquo; Ngo wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Authorities say the Turtle Island Liberation Front, a far-left communist &lsquo;decolonization&rsquo; terror group, planned to blow up ICE agents and locations with homemade bombs,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30; Zachary Aaron Page (trans), 32; Tina Lai, 41; and Dante Gaffield, 24, are the other comrades arrested in Los Angeles after they were caught allegedly traveling to the desert to test their explosives,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Legnon is an ex-Marine and a former cop,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">None of the five bombing terror suspects are Muslim. They&rsquo;re communist Trantifa-types. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ucms2dAcbm\">https:\/\/t.co\/ucms2dAcbm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/2000707002775793761?\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/fbi-arrests-4-alleged-members-radical-pro-palestinian-group-accused-plotting-new-years-eve-bombings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, investigators said that when they searched the suspects&rsquo;&nbsp; homes, they found a detailed copy of the planned attack.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-playboy-karen-who-hit-elderly-maskless-passenger-blasted-for-covid-lunacy-leftism-destroys-women\/\" title=\"Ex-Playboy \u2018Karen\u2019 Who Hit Elderly Maskless Passenger Blasted for \u2018COVID Lunacy\u2019: \u2018Leftism Destroys Women&#039;\">federal criminal complaint<\/a> said three suspects had gone to the Mojave Desert to test their bombs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While in the desert, the co-conspirators took steps to begin construction of the devices, including unloading the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-bomb-threat-suspect-identified\/\" title=\"Capitol bomb threat suspect identified\">bomb-making materials<\/a> (e.g., precursors, PVC pipes, and fuses) from their cars and beginning to assemble the materials on a table; constructing a tent to keep the bomb materials shaded from the sun; wiping down the interior of one of the PVC pipes,&rdquo; the complaint said.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint said that the group planned to divide into teams to put backpacks with IEDs in them at their assigned targets, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/fbi-disrupted-alleged-terrorist-bombing-plot-los-angeles\/story?id=128416761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An &ldquo;off <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ground team member&#038;rdquo<\/a>; would monitor police scanners, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The FBI identified the suspects as members of a breakaway faction of the Turtle Island Liberation Front, described by officials as having pro-Palestinian, anti-law enforcement, and anti-government views. The group communicated via a Signal chat named &#8220;Order of the Black Lotus.&#8221; FBI Director Kash Patel named four suspects-Audrey Ilene Carroll (30), Dante Garfield (24), Zachary Aaron Page (32), and Tina Lai (41)-and said five businesses were targeted. The defendants reportedly discussed using pipe bombs against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, with Carroll allegedly stating such attacks would intimidate ICE personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Andy Ngo revealed that the fifth suspect is Micah James Legnon, a trans activist and former Marine and police officer currently held federally in Lafayette, Louisiana. Ngo noted Legnon&#8217;s social media contains calls for violence against those he labels &#8220;fascists.&#8221; Authorities describe the Turtle Island Liberation Front as a far-left communist &#8220;decolonization&#8221; terror group planning to attack ICE agents and locations with homemade explosives.<\/p>\n<p>None of those arrested are Muslim; they are described as communist Trantifa affiliates. Investigators found detailed plans during searches of their homes, including evidence that three suspects tested bombs in the Mojave Desert by assembling devices from materials like PVC pipes and fuses while taking precautions such as shading components from sunlight. 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