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US charges alleged white supremacist gangsters with trying to incite race war

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors unveiled criminal charges on Monday against two alleged leaders of a white supremacist gang, accusing them of soliciting attacks on Black, Jewish, LGBTQ people and immigrants in hopes of inciting a race war.
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Fulton County Courthouse preparations for possible Trump indictment The Fulton County Courthouse and Justice Center at dusk ahead of a possible grand jury indictment against former US President Donald Trump for 2020 election interference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 14 August 2023. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could announce criminal charges against former President Trump and others sometime in August 2023. EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER

The group, dubbed "The TerrorGram Collective" used the social media site Telegram to celebrate white supremacist attacks around the world and solicit racially motivated violence, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Sacramento, California.

The group's targets also included U.S. government officials and critical infrastructure sites, with an overall goal of causing societal collapse in the United States, U.S. Justice Department officials told an online news conference.

(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward; Editing by Scott Malone)

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