A Tennessee man was arrested and accused by the federal government of plotting to join a militia to snipe migrants at the southern border — but his son claims he’s just a “compulsive liar.”
Paul Faye Sr., 55, of Cunningham, was arrested on Monday after telling an undercover FBI officer who was investigating a far-right militia that he would be ready to “stir up the hornet’s nest” at the border and take out any opposition with a sniper rifle, according to the criminal complaint filed in US District Court in Tennessee first reported by Court Watch .
“The patriots are going to rise up because we are being invaded,” Faye had said in a May 11 phone call with the undercover agent, referring to the crisis at the border .
After taking Faye into custody, law enforcement officers found several firearms on his property, including a short-barreled shotgun and a Springfield XD pistol, a firearm silencer, a militia patch and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
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