Sheriff's department uncovers Nazi extremists' secret arsenal in quiet Washington suburb

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Two white supremacist extremists and their cache of guns and Nazi paraphernalia were discovered in a suburban Washington state home. 

Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders announced the coordinated operation along with the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), discovering "military-grade weaponry and armor" in the City of Lacey, near the state capital of Olympia.

Sanders announced the discovery in a Facebook post and said that the CID asked his office for assistance Monday as an FBI special weapons and tactics team executed a search warrant "as a result of a violent robbery and theft of military weaponry/armor."

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Sanders' statement said two people were arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail for investigation of firearms-related offenses. Their names have not been released, pending federal charges, the department said. 

"Despite requests to set bail at only $5,000, Superior Court granted the Prosecutor’s request and set bail at $500,000 each," Sanders said.

The pair compiled a stash of short barrel rifles, an MG42 machine gun, grenade launchers, explosives, body armor, ammunition, and ballistic helmets, the department said.

Multiple rifles were also staged at windows throughout the residence, the department said. Photos of the stockpile captured the 35 firearms distributed throughout the Washington state home.

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Along with the store of firearms, authorities discovered Nazi paraphernalia throughout the home. Photos captured a red Nazi flag emblazoned with a black swastika, pro-Nazism literature and artwork depicting Adolf Hitler. 

"The suspects identified in this case were actively involved in Nazi White Nationalist efforts," the sheriff said.

Additional information is expected to be included in a federal criminal complaint to be unsealed Wednesday. The two people arrested were expected to make initial appearances at U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday afternoon.

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Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office-Western District of Washington and the Thurston County Sheriff's Department for comment. 

Pelosi's stock trading legacy haunts Democrats as Jeffries slams GOP freshman's 'thievery'

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is accusing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of "hypocrisy" for slamming freshman GOP Rep. Rob Bresnahan's stock trading despite the same issue having plagued the Democratic Party for years.

"It’s rich for Hakeem Jeffries and national Democrats to suddenly care about stock trading when their real leader, Nancy Pelosi, and members of their own caucus make traders on Wall Street look like amateurs at a penny arcade. This political pandering is lame," Mike Marinella, NRCC spokesperson, said in a statement to Fox News Digital. 

The New York Times and Business Insider reports this year revealed Bresnahan has continued trading stocks since joining Congress, despite vowing to ban stock trading if elected. And since introducing legislation to ban stock trading and vowing to form a blind trust, the Pennsylvania Republican continued trading stocks. 

"Enough with the thievery. This guy is getting richer while everyday Americans struggle to live paycheck to paycheck. When we take back the House, we will put an end to this blatant corruption," Jeffries, D-N.Y., said on X

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Politicians on both sides of the aisle have benefited from trading stocks while serving in office. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., reintroduced legislation this year to ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks while in office. Hawley first introduced the "PELOSI Act" in 2023. 

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Perhaps no representative has faced more scrutiny for stock trading than Jeffries' predecessor, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

In one such example, Pelosi's husband sold 2,000 Visa shares last year for at least $500,000, a few months before the federal government sued the company. Such trades must be legally disclosed under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. 

This year, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, slammed President Donald Trump's tariffs on "Liberation Day," then purchased $100,000 and $250,000 in Apple stock, according to his financial disclosures reported by Southeast Politics. He has also purchased Tesla shares since Trump’s inauguration.

And as the stock market was fluctuating around "Liberation Day," Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., bought 23 stocks, worth between $23,023 and $345,000, and sold two stocks, worth between $2,002 and $30,000, Sun Sentinel reported.

But they weren't the only Democrats who cashed in on Trump's "Liberation Day." Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, sold dozens of individual stock holdings in the hours before April 2, according to NOTUS

Justin Chermol, spokesperson for Jeffries, told Fox News Digital, "House Democrats will not be lectured by a Republican Party that has openly embraced corruption in the Trump administration, the Supreme Court and the Congress."

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"If MAGA extremists actually cared about the stock trading issue, House Republican leaders would immediately bring a bill to the floor that will ban stock trading by current members of Congress. They have refused to do it," Chermol added. 

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