Police officers in Philadelphia stopped a group that was allegedly on their way to attack the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where election officials are still counting votes, on Thursday, ABC 6 Action News reports.
Law enforcement received a tip about the alleged plan Thursday night, which said that a group of people from Virginia were driving to Philadelphia in a Hummer to attack the convention center. Police found the group, which had an unidentified weapon, and two people were taken into custody.
Action News notes that the Hummer remained parked on 13th Street as of early Friday morning, and that stickers and a hat with the logo for the conspiracy group QAnon were seen inside the vehicle.
Election officials have spent much of the week counting votes in the convention center following the general election on Tuesday. Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden trailed President Donald Trump for much of that time before he managed to pull ahead of the president on Friday morning.
Trump’s campaign attempted to stop the count via a court order, but a federal judge did not side with their argument and allowed the count to continue.
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