Federal law enforcement officers notified about potential threat in Washington, DC

Federal law enforcement officials on Thursday were notified about a potential attack on law enforcement officers in Washington, D.C. from a group hoping to get detainees in the district released, Just The News has learned. 

A federal source shared the notification with Just The News, which claimed the attack could occur as early as Friday and that the suspected group, identified as the "FLARE Coalition," was located outside of Union Station and Columbus Circle.

The group allegedly intends to immobilize federal vehicles by slashing tires, breaking windows, assaulting law enforcement officers, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, with fireworks and homemade explosives, and using chemical weapons to "neutralize federal agents and take duty weapons." 

FLARE has also pushed Congress recently to release the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files, to impeach President Donald Trump and remove him from office. 

The group has described itself as a "24/7 occupation in front of D.C.'s Union Station," and as a "non-violent anti-fascist collective working toward and beyond the impeachment, conviction and removal of President Donald Trump." 

The threat comes after Trump launched a federal takeover of D.C. last month, which gave him a 30-day limit that ends next week without congressional approval. 

The takeover included the creation of the Safe and Beautiful Task Force, deploying National Guard troops and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in order to cut down on crime in the district and clean up the city.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.