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Sacramento, California – A 24-year-old California man has been indicted on federal charges in connection with a far-right conspiracy to assassinate government officials and public figures, in what authorities describe as a racially motivated terror plot fueled by white supremacist ideology.
Noah Lamb, of Northern California, faces an eight-count indictment that includes conspiracy to commit murder, solicitation of murder of federal officials, doxing, and threatening communications. Federal prosecutors allege that Lamb played a central role in assembling and distributing a “kill list” of so-called “high-value targets” that included a U.S. senator, a federal judge, and other individuals targeted on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
According to the indictment, unsealed Tuesday, Lamb was a member of the Terrorgram Collective—a decentralized network of extremists who operate primarily on Telegram, a private messaging platform. The group promotes accelerationism, an ideology that calls for using terrorism and racial violence to bring about societal collapse and create a white ethnostate.
Federal authorities say Lamb conspired with others to identify and collect personal information on targeted individuals, which was then compiled into a digital dossier intended to incite their assassination. In some cases, the list reportedly included names, photographs, home addresses, and even information about spouses, accompanied by violent rhetoric and images of firearms.
“This defendant collaborated with others to assemble a list of targets for assassination based solely on hateful ideology,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith. “This office will work relentlessly with our law enforcement partners to hold individuals accountable for such conduct.”
The charges against Lamb follow the arrests of two other individuals last year who were allegedly involved in the same plot. Lamb’s responsibilities reportedly included gathering and verifying information about specific individuals—many of whom were public servants—and disseminating it to the group.
Among those named on the hit list, according to court filings, was a U.S. senator described in anti-Semitic terms, a federal judge referred to as a foreign “invader,” and a U.S. attorney of color.
Lamb was arrested Tuesday. Prosecutors said he was in possession of white supremacist propaganda and gun parts at the time of his arrest. The Justice Department is seeking to keep him in custody pending trial.
If convicted, Lamb faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for each of the solicitation counts, five years for each doxing charge, and up to five years for conspiracy—along with fines that could reach $250,000 per count. Sentencing would ultimately be determined by the court based on federal guidelines.
No attorney for Lamb was listed in court records.
