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    FBI Arrests 3 Alleged Members Of White Supremacist Group Ahead Of Richmond Rally

    A law enforcement official tells NPR that the three suspected members of The Base had discussed going to a pro-gun rally next week in Virginia.
    by Bill Chappell Jan 16, 2020 3 minutes
    Former Canadian military reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews and two Americans face charges related to possessing an illegal assault rifle, as part of an extremist group called The Base. Mathews is seen here in an undated picture from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Winnipeg, Manitoba, last August.

    The FBI has arrested three alleged members of The Base – which authorities describe as a "racially motivated violent extremist group" – on charges that range from illegal transport of a machine gun to harboring aliens, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland.

    A law enforcement official tells NPR that the three suspected members of The Base had discussed going to a controversial pro-gun rally in Virginia next week.

    The three men are Brian Mark Lemley, Jr., 33, of Elkton, Md.; William Garfield Bilbrough

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