{"id":2522693,"date":"2025-12-18T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-terrorist-co-conspirator-requests-transfer-to-womens-jail\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:08:34","slug":"transgender-terrorist-co-conspirator-requests-transfer-to-womens-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-terrorist-co-conspirator-requests-transfer-to-womens-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Transgender terrorist co-conspirator requests transfer to women\u2019s jail"},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftransgender-terrorist-co-conspirator-requests-transfer-to-womens-jail%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=2522693&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 transgender activist named Zachary Aaron Page, a biological male and alleged member of the left-wing group Turtle Island Liberation Front, has been charged in connection with a foiled terrorist plot targeting multiple locations in Los Angeles. Page requested to be held in a women&#8217;s jail pending arraignment scheduled for January. Alongside three alleged co-conspirators-audrey Ilene Carroll, Dante Gaffield, and Tina Lai-Page faces federal conspiracy charges and possession of a destructive device for planning coordinated bombings aimed at governmental and immigration-related targets. The group, which identifies with pro-Palestinian and Native American activism, intends to reclaim what they regard as &#8220;stolen land.&#8221; The plot involved refined tactics, including encrypted communications, black bloc attire, and bomb-making materials. Another suspected associate, Micah James Legnon, also transgender, was arrested separately for stockpiling weapons in preparation for a related attack. Authorities prevented the planned attacks, which were to occur on New Year&#8217;s Eve to coincide with fireworks.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Transgender co-conspirator charged in terrorist plot requests transfer to women&rsquo;s jail<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2445978\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\">transgender<\/a> activist who was allegedly part of a thwarted terrorist plot targeting several locations across <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Los-Angeles\">Los Angeles<\/a> asked a federal judge to be sent to a women&rsquo;s jail pending arraignment in January.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary Aaron Page, a biological man and suspected member of the left-wing Turtle Island Liberation Front, requested during her first courtroom appearance in the terrorism case to be held in a female-only facility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3925642\/government-admits-fault-dca-crash-wholly-avoidable-tragedy\/\">Government admits fault in Reagan National Airport crash: &lsquo;Wholly avoidable tragedy&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3919851\/millions-potentially-illegal-contributions-flooded-politics-2025\/\">Millions in possibly illegal contributions have flooded politics this year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3924581\/lawyers-no-kings-protest-shooting-victim-accuse-left-wing-organizers-obstruction\/\">Lawyers for &lsquo;No Kings&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-accuse-no-kings-organizers-of-obstruction\/\" title=\"Lawyers accuse \u2018No Kings\u2019 organizers of obstruction\">protest shooting victim accuse left-wing organizers<\/a> of obstruction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Page and three alleged co-conspirators are facing federal conspiracy charges, plus one count each of possessing a destructive device, for their suspected roles in planning a series of coordinated bombings against targets in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The four defendants arrested in the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF) case made their initial appearances today. All four defendants remain in federal custody and will be arraigned in early January 2026. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J42usFFGuM\">pic.twitter.com\/J42usFFGuM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; US Attorney L.A. (@USAO_LosAngeles) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAO_LosAngeles\/status\/2000757554477973970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The case was continued to Friday for a detention hearing, as Page seeks to avoid pretrial detention in a male-designated detention center.<\/p>\n<p>Audrey Ilene Carroll, Dante Gaffield, and Tina Lai, alongside Page, are accused of plotting to commit a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/while-we-look-overseas-terrorists-are-streaming-across-our-own-border\/\" title=\"Terrorists infiltrate our borders while we focus abroad.\">large-scale terrorist attack<\/a> in the name of &ldquo;decolonization.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Their organization, the Turtle Island Liberation Front, is a cohort of pro-Palestinian and Native American activists formed against so-called &ldquo;fascist colonizers.&rdquo; Its members <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQA77FfDHHh\/?img_index=6\">believe<\/a> that Turtle Island, an indigenous name for North America, and the Palestinian territory are &ldquo;stolen land&rdquo; occupied by &ldquo;colonist settlers&rdquo; that must be taken back.<\/p>\n<p>Posters found at Carroll&rsquo;s residence said &ldquo;Death to America&rdquo; and &ldquo;Long Live Turtle Island and Palestine,&rdquo; according to images included in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carroll-complaint.pdf\">criminal complaint<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Investigative journalist Andy Ngo, who extensively covers antifa activity, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/2001091015629816283\">described<\/a> the Turtle Island Liberation Front as &ldquo;an antifa-style cell.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3918139\/what-we-know-turtle-island-liberation-front-charged-terrorist-plot\/\"><strong>WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE TURTLE ISLAND LIBERATION FRONT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sophisticated scheme allegedly involved the defendants donning black bloc, communicating through burner phones, paying for bombmaking materials in cash, and even &ldquo;placing a small pebble in a shoe to alter [one&rsquo;s] natural gait&rdquo; to obfuscate their identities and evade law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the FBI affidavit, the defendants used codenames in an encrypted Signal chat called &ldquo;Order of the Black Lotus,&rdquo; in which Gaffield went by the alias &ldquo;Nomad,&rdquo; Lai as &ldquo;Kickwhere,&rdquo; Carroll as &ldquo;Asiginaak,&rdquo; and Page as &ldquo;Ash Kerrigan&rdquo; or &ldquo;AK.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to probable cause statements, investigators found a handwritten document, titled &ldquo;OPERATION MIDNIGHT SUN,&rdquo; in Page&rsquo;s house that laid out plans to plant backpacks containing homemade pipe bombs at multiple sites in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the operational guide identified five &ldquo;marks,&rdquo; with more possible &ldquo;if enough comrades&rdquo; assembled. Deportation officers and government vehicles belonging to Immigration and Customs Enforcement were named as possible targets.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the explosive devices were supposed to detonate simultaneously on New Year&rsquo;s Eve, when fireworks would mask the sound.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll, Page, Lai, and Gaffield were apprehended over the weekend, allegedly en route to test the explosives in the desert.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence photos attached to the charging documents depict a desert campsite and what appears to be bomb-making materials strewn across two folding tables. The suspects &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >brought bomb-making components<\/a> to the campsite, including various sizes of PVC pipes, suspected potassium nitrate, charcoal, charcoal powder, sulfur powder, and material to be used as fuses, among others,&rdquo; the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3917869\/doj-thwarts-new-years-eve-terrorist-plot-los-angeles-left-wing-group\/\"><strong>DOJ THWARTS &lsquo;HORRIFIC&rsquo; NEW YEAR&rsquo;S EVE TERRORIST PLOT IN LA BY LEFT-WING, PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Micah James Legnon, another suspected member of the Turtle Island Liberation Front who identifies as transgender, was arrested by federal authorities in New Iberia, Louisiana, for allegedly stockpiling weapons, gathering tactical gear, and transporting firearms in preparation for a separate attack.<\/p>\n<p>Legnon, a self-identified Satanist, used the online aliases &ldquo;Kateri&rdquo; and &ldquo;Black Witch,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/andy-ngo-reports-antifa-style-terror-cell-busted-over-new-years-eve-bomb-and-shooting-plot?utm_campaign=64470\">according<\/a> to Ngo. On social media, Legnon has shared content calling for the murder of &ldquo;Nazis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender suspect in LA terror plot seeks women&#8217;s jail transfer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3767,"featured_media":2522694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-tfg3585bw-1765820459316.jpg?1765817647&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50403,49532,4019],"class_list":["post-2522693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crime-2","tag-prison-transfer","tag-transgender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-tfg3585bw-1765820459316.jpg?1765817647&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3767"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522697,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522693\/revisions\/2522697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2522694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}