The man intended to detonate pipe bombs and kill lawmakers, ABC News reported.
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The FBI reportedly arrested an Ohio man in connection with an ISIS-inspired plot to attack the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., ABC News and WCPO reported Wednesday.
Christopher Lee Cornell, also known as Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, was reportedly arrested Wednesday in Cincinnati for his alleged role in a plot to use pipe bombs and guns to kill lawmakers.
ABC News reported that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security had issued a bulletin to U.S. law enforcement agencies regarding Cornell.
"The alleged activities of Cornell highlight the continued interest of US-based violent extremists to support designated foreign terrorist organizations overseas, such as ISIL, by committing terrorist acts in the United States," the bulletin read, according to ABC News. "Terrorist group members and supporters will almost certainly continue to use social media platforms to disseminate English language violent extremist messages."
WCPO reported officials arrested Cornell after an undercover worker made contact with him on Twitter, before meeting him in October to discuss an attack.
BuzzFeed News has reached out to the FBI and Department of Homeland Security for more information.
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