The FBI was working overtime during the UFC White House event.
As WLT Report previously reported, the FBI has announced it thwarted a plan that involved using drones rigged with explosives to hit buildings near the White House.
The plan by the suspects was to cause multiple explosions and as people ran away a sniper team was supposed to open fire on the attendees of the event.
NBC News reported more on the planned attack:
The FBI foiled an alleged plot to attack Sunday’s UFC fight at the White House, FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday morning in a post on X.
“On June 10, FBI and our law enforcement partners became aware of a potential threat to the UFC America 250 event in Washington, D.C. involving individuals outside of the National Capital Region — and thanks to the rapid action of this FBI, our partners, and the Department of Justice in a multi-state operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,” Patel said in the post.
On Sunday evening, the White House held a UFC MMA fight on the White House South Lawn.
The FBI director shared a story from Fox News, which reported that a group allegedly planned to use drones with explosives to hit buildings near the fight and target the crowds as they fled with a sniper team. Fox News also reported that other alleged perpetrators then planned to storm the White House gate. NBC News has not confirmed the details of the alleged plot.
A senior law enforcement official told NBC News that the plot was “quite serious.”
Vice President JD Vance sat with Fox News on Monday and discussed the terrifying plot.
Watch here:
BREAKING: VP JD Vance says the foiled UFC 250 attack plot is another reminder of where America's political climate is heading.
"This is what happens when people turn the rhetoric up so loud that disagreeing with somebody is a cause for violence."
Vance argues that political… pic.twitter.com/E33ZpdtquN
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 16, 2026
The New York Post reported one of the suspects gave their motive behind the planned attack:
Some of the suspects traveled to Fredericksburg, Va. on June 12 or 13 to make preparations for the attack.
ADVERTISEMENTUpon investigating a suspect’s iPhone, authorities found at least 23 users of encrypted chat app Signal involved in discussing parameters of what could have been a devastating terror attack in the heart of the nation’s capital.
A suspect told investigators the goal of the attack was to target “capitalist elites,” “billionaires” and politicians who received money from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), officials also said.
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