Authorities say a New York Man planned to set off a 200 pound explosive on election day in Washington D.C.

In order to bring attention to his radical political beliefs.??????Federal officials arrested and charged 56 year old Paul Rosenfeld with unlawfully manufacturing a destructive device and interstate transportation and receipt of an explosive????According to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, ????Someone tipped off the DOJ, claiming Rosenfeld described in text messages and letters his plan to build an explosive device to draw attention to a political ideology called sortition….????A method used in some ancient greek city-states where public officials were picked randomly.

????He admitted to law enforcement agents that he purchased black powder online and transported it from New Jersey to his house in New York.????FBI bomb technicians removed a 200-pound device from his basement that he planned to set off on November 6th to kill others as well as himself.????Each of Rosenfeld’s charges carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years.??