Afghanistan man charged in Election Day terror plot
An Afghan national has been charged with plotting a terror attack that he planned to carry out on Election Day.
This, according to Fox News, has led to a significant backlash against the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
This is because the Afghan nation - Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi - actually managed to get into America shortly after the administration's botched withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Accordingly, many are wondering what other terrorists the Biden-Harris administration has let into the country.
The details
Tawhedi, according to Fox, was arrested on Monday for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and for receiving a firearm to be used to commit a felony or a federal crime of terrorism.
Fox reports:
Authorities said Tawhedi entered the United States on Sept. 9, 2021, on a Special Immigrant Visa and is currently on parole status pending adjudication of his immigration proceedings. His alleged co-conspirator is a green card holder who arrived in the U.S. on a Special Immigrant Visa in 2018.
What is not know, however, is exactly how Tawhedi entered the country. There are concerns that he was one of the insufficiently vetted Afghanistan individuals whom the Biden-Harris administration brought during the botched withdrawal. Another surprising bit of information is that he actually worked for the CIA while he lived in Afghanistan.
Authorities have allegedly caught Tawhedy taking steps to prepare for an Election Day terrorist attack, including by obtaining firearms and ammunition.
FBI Director Christopher Wray has put out a statement, saying:
I am proud of the men and women of the FBI who uncovered and stopped the plot before anyone was harmed. Terrorism is still the FBI's number one priority, and we will use every resource to protect the American people.
Not so fast
Republicans are now demanding that the Biden-Harris administration reveal whether or not there are more suspected terrorists living within the United States.
U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), the House Homeland Security Chairman, is leading the way here.
He told the Daily Mail:
While the Committee commends law enforcement efforts to foil this alleged ISIS-inspired terrorist plot on Election Day, the Committee finds it unacceptable that the Biden-Harris administration is precariously failing to take measures to safeguard U.S. national security by allowing alleged terrorists into the interior of the United States to plot terrorist attacks.
Other Republicans - including former President Donald Trump - have joined Green in the criticism.
Trump said:
Just yesterday, it was reported that Kamala Harris brought in a totally unvetted refugee from Afghanistan, who has now been arrested for plotting an ISIS terrorist attack in the United States during our election. Kamala completely abandoned her duty to law-abiding Americans, and spent the last four years importing criminals, unvetted refugees, and terrorists into our country.