Feds: Man aided Hamas, threatened to kill Israel supporters
NEWARK, N.J. -- Federal authorities say a New Jersey man sought to aid Hamas and threatened to "shoot everybody" at a pro-Israel march.
Twenty-year-old Jonathan Xie is charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization, making false statements and transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.
Xie is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday afternoon in Newark. It wasn't immediately known if he's retained an attorney.
The U.S. attorney's office says Xie sent $100 in December to a person he thought was affiliated with a faction of Hamas. In an online video, he allegedly displayed a handgun and said he wanted to "shoot the pro-Israel demonstrators."
Authorities allege he posted on Instagram that he wanted to bomb the Israeli embassy and Trump Tower in New York.
