A defense attorney in Michigan is pushing back on the FBI’s allegations that his client and a group of young men arrested on Friday were planning to carry out a violent attack over the Halloween weekend.

FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrests of multiple individuals on Friday that he said were plotting a “potential terrorist attack.” He said more details would be forthcoming.

Amir Makled, the lawyer for a Dearborn, Mich., man who was still detained on Saturday, said he hasn’t gotten many details about the case, but told The Associated Press that, after reviewing the matter, he doesn’t expect any charges to be filed. He said he concluded no terror attack was being planned.

“I don’t know where this hysteria and this fearmongering came from,” Makled said.

“If these young men were o

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