Northwest Missouri man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at White House UFC Freedom 250 event

By Leah Rainwater

WASHINGTON (KQTV) -- A northwest Missouri man is among several being charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House last weekend.

Daniel K. Eskridge, 32, was arrested Monday. Eskridge is known to be a resident of the Hamilton, Missouri area, just under an hour east of St. Joseph, Missouri and over an hour northeast of Kansas City.

During the investigation of a plot to carry out an attack at the White House on June 14, the FBI identified a group of conspirators, including Eskridge, who procured weapons and made plans to carry out the attack.

According to recent reports, the group of conspirators came from areas in Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and California.

A federal affidavit revealed the group messaged over the "SimpleX" application, which is an open-source messaging application that operated without using any user identifiers.

Eskridge, who went by the username "FULCRUM," indicated he was 32-years-old, lives an hour north of Kansas City, Missouri, has a wife and five kids, lives on rural property and more.

The group recruited multiple other conspirators and moved the planning to a Signal group chat.

On June 13, law enforcement executed federal search warrants for Eskridge and his residence.

Law enforcement seized multiple weapons and tactical gear that Eskridge identified in the SimpleX and Signal chats.