Barack Obama Was Target In Foiled KKK Assassination Plot, FBI Informant Claims
Barack Obama was the target of a failed KKK assassination attempt back in 2008, an FBI informant claims.
The New York Post reports that an FBI counterterrorism informant named Joe Moore prevented the racist group‘s plans to kill the former President in 2008.
An excerpt from his book, White Robes and Broken Badges, which was released on Tuesday (Aug. 13), spoke about the KKK’s machinations and every detail of the plot, including the time, date, and location. Moore claims to have joined the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan and wowed the white supremacists with a fraudulent background consisting of military expertise and being a skilled gunsmith.
Moore recounts being initiated into the group in 2007. As they crept closer to their planned attack, he had been selected as the trigger man to kill Barack Obama.
“I had to follow [my orders] and do whatever it took to prevent the assassination of Barack Obama,” Moore wrote in an excerpt from the book. “Because I was the only one who could.”
The book details how Moore “couldn’t stand bullies” and Moore took his mission to thwart the scheme seriously. As the mission was the FBI’s first-ever undercover operation focusing on the KKK, Moore had to play his role as a supremacist expertly. As a result, Moore claimed to have rooted himself into the KKK’s culture, participating in rituals, cross-burnings, and being at the scene of violent acts—all of which he witnessed while rocking a wire.
Additionally, Moore claims to have come into contact with numerous current police officers and government officials who all had sworn allegiance to the Ku Klux Klan.
“The deeper I became entrenched in the Klan, the more of a challenge it became to leave all that at the door when I went home to my wife and son,” Moore added. “All I could visualize were members kicking in the door to come get me after learning my true purpose.”
After stopping the assassination attempt in 2008, Moore took on a second campaign in 2013. The book claims that even after Obama took office, the Klan’s ranks were bolstered by his presence as United States President and the murder of Michael Brown the following year.
During this stint undercover, Moore thwarted a plan by the KKK to murder Warren Williams, a Black man who was the target of a grudge held by a few members of the group. However, that dramatic interaction ultimately blew his cover, forcing him and his family into hiding and living under witness protection.
“I take great pride in dealing a hateful organization a devastating near deathblow,” the man continues. “The overall movement in general, though, was far, far from dead or even in decline.”
Moore insists that hateful groups like the KKK and what happened on January 6, 2021, should be reminders that the fight isn’t over. He predicts that things could get scarier as former President Donald Trump looks to become commander-in-chief again.
“The Klan and the like-minded groups it has produced have learned to balance bullets with bluster and pistols with paper, both of which have the potential to do far more irrevocable damage on the state of our democracy than the former,” Moore wrote in his book. “With the 2024 election looming, and democracy itself on the ballot—we should be very afraid.”
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