Right-wing influencer Nick Fuentes disavows San Antonio teen accused of planning attack
Alejandro Richard Velasquez Gomez is charged with making interstate threats and possessing child pornography.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force charged Velasquez earlier this month with allegedly threatening to carry out a mass attack on the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Fla., in July. “For the record, Alejandro Velasquez had nothing to do with me or America First,” Fuentes posted on the Telegram social media platform. “As far as I'm aware he attended CPAC Dallas last year where I briefly made an appearance. Claims on social media that he was part of our team in any way are completely untrue.”
No weapons were found during a search of Velasquez's home. Nevertheless, agents took the matter seriously because Velasquez had booked a round-trip ticket to the summit, the agent testified. Velasquez canceled the July 22 flight the night before, said Homeland Security Investigations agent Freddie Miller.