Omaha resident Abraham Alvarez, who is accused of plotting to attack the White House UFC fight, made his first appearance Monday in federal court in Lincoln.
Prosecutors say that Alvarez was the leader of a group that planned to attack the UFC fight on the White House lawn with drones, and then shoot people as they ran away. He was arrested in Omaha on June 17th.
Stu Dornan, Alvarez’s defense attorney, argued that his client never actually physically took part in the plot and withdrew before it came to fruition. He asked the court to release Alvarez back to his family with a electronic monitoring device…