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An attorney in Michigan is challenging FBI Director Kash Patel’s claim that a 20-year-old client and four others planned a Halloween weekend attack, saying he expects no charges and sees no evidence of a plot. Authorities have released few details since Friday’s arrests, though two people briefed on the case told the AP the suspects discussed pumpkin day in an online chat and were allegedly inspired by Islamic State extremism. Patel said the FBI thwarted a potential attack and that there is no ongoing public threat. The detainees are U.S. citizens, ages 16 to 20.

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