SAN ANTONIO (WBAP/KLIF News) – A South Texas man who federal prosecutors said has ties to ISIS pleaded guilty to a terror charge after authorities accused him of plotting attacks on the White House and Trump Tower in New York City.
Appearing in a federal courtroom in San Antonio Monday, 22-year-old Jaylyn Christopher Molina of Cost, about 75 miles east of San Antonio, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS and one county of receiving child pornography.
The Department of Justice said in May of 2019, Molina, also known as Abdur Rahim, began to conspire with 34-year-old Kristopher Sean Matthews, also known as Ali Jibreel, and others to provide services to ISIS by administering an encrypted, members-only chat group that collected, generated and disseminated pro-ISIS propaganda in an effort to recruit members.
Authorities also said he disseminated bomb-making instructions.
During the investigation into the terror charges, authorities found child pornography images on Molina’s cell phone while executing a search warrant in September of 2020.
Molina remains in federal custody and faces up to 40 years in prison for both charges.
The DOJ said Matthews pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge to provide material support to ISIS. He’s in federal custody and faces up to 20 years in prison.
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