FBI Arrests 3 Alleged Members Of White Supremacist Group Ahead Of Richmond Rally
![Former Canadian military reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews and two Americans face charges related to possessing an illegal assault rifle, as part of an extremist group called The Base. Mathews is seen here in an undated picture from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Winnipeg, Manitoba, last August.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/01/16/the-base-lemley-virginia-guns_wide-1d82e9758cc4035daa4988d98096b41ea02cc70f.jpg?s=600)
The three suspected members of The Base had discussed going to Monday's pro-gun rally in Virginia, a law enforcement official tells NPR. The FBI says they also made an assault rifle.
(Image credit: RCMP Manitoba/via Reuters)
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