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Nov. 4, 2019Topeka, KS |  By: AP

Army infantry soldier charged with distributing bomb-making information

An Army infantry soldier described by a prosecutor as a
Satanist hoping to overthrow the U.S. government faces a federal court hearing
in a case in which he's charged with distributing information about building
bombs.

The hearing in U.S. District Court in Topeka on Monday comes about five weeks
after Jarrett William Smith pleaded not guilty to charges of distributing
explosives information and making a threatening interstate communication. His
attorneys have argued he was only an internet troll spouting off online.

Smith was a private stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. He's accused of providing
information about explosives to an FBI undercover agent and with threatening to
burn down the house of a far-left-leaning "antifa" member.

Authorities say he also wanted to target a major news organization with a car
bomb.