Two infiltrators who allegedly impersonated federal law enforcement agents were tipped off to the FBI’s raid on their homes, according to a court filing submitted on April 10th. Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36, were jailed in Washington, D.C., on April 6th for presumably impersonating Homeland Security representatives since as early as February 2020 to buy off members of the Secret Service, consisting of one officer appointed to First Lady Jill Biden’s Secret Service detail, according to an affidavit.
The suspects were presumably tipped off prior to the FBI coming for them, providing them precious time to stow away weapons and other possessions, according to the affidavit from U.S. lawyer Matthew Graves.
The affidavit alleges in part:
“From beginning as early as February 2020 through the present, TAHERZADEH and ALI, have been falsely assuming and pretending to be officers or employees acting under the authority of the United States government, specifically the Department of Homeland Security, and have acted as such. TAHERZADEH and ALI, are not, in fact, employees of the Department of Homeland Security or any United States government agency. TAHERZADEH and ALI have represented themselves as such to numerous people, many of whom are members of federal law enforcement agencies. In furtherance of their false and fraudulent conduct, TAHERZADEH and ALI obtained paraphernalia with the insignias of and firearms, including handguns and assaultrifles, used by federal law enforcement agencies.”
The two are each charged with the federal offense of False Impersonation of an Officer of the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated in a statement acquired by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
UPDATE: FBI now entering the building with boxes, some appearing to be for guns. pic.twitter.com/4ym80QLDaX
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Officers supposedly discovered shipping products and labels in among their houses, district attorneys stated in a Sunday filing.
“This is consistent with the prior pattern and practice of providing federal law enforcement agents with gifts and items of value, and suggests that Taherzadeh and/or Ali shipped the package to the USSS Uniformed Division Officer in an attempt to corruptly enlist him in secreting evidence,” the filing said.
Private investigators are likewise checking out the possibility that the implicated are connected to Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Iran’s Quds force, and/or Pakistani intelligence, CBS News reported.
H/T The Daily Caller
