A total of eight men have been indicted for their alleged roles in the plot to attack a UFC event on the grounds of the White House last month, according to prosecutors.
A Maryland woman who pleaded guilty to a neo-Nazi plot to attack multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Coincidentally, Merchant's arraignment came the same day a different man -- 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh -- appeared in a Florida court to answer firearm charges connected to an unrelated apparent alleged attempt on Trump's life.
Investigators say that classmate allegedly planned to kill 8 students and a teacher.
The incident happened weeks before the start of the Israel-Hamas war, which has sparked an increase in hate crimes against both Jews and Muslims in the U.S.
Prosecutors said the suspects were motivated by racist extremist ideology.
