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From Breitbart: The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania obtained a grand jury indictment against a former U.S. Army soldier. The indictment alleges the Pennsylvania resident made multiple attempts to join a foreign terrorist organization in Lebanon and Syria.
A federal grand jury handed down an indictment against Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is charged with attempting to support the foreign terrorist organization Hezbollah, also known as Hizballah, and making false statements involving international terrorism to a department or agency of the United States.
Court documents indicate that Molloy, a dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, made multiple attempts to join Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria. The documents also reveal that Molloy previously served on active duty in the United States Army.
Molloy was charged with making false statements on Dec. 6, 2024, following an investigation into his travels to Lebanon and Syria in August 2024. Officials arrested him in Chicago, Illinois, in December, and the U.S. Marshals Service transported him to Pittsburgh on Monday.
Below is an excerpt from the press release posted by the Justice Department on Thursday:
As alleged, Molloy — a dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, who previously served on active-duty status in the U.S. Army — traveled to Lebanon in August 2024 and attempted to join Hizballah. While in Lebanon, Molloy was told by multiple individuals that the time was not right, and that he needed to take other steps before he could join the terrorist organization. Molloy then traveled from Lebanon to Syria in October 2024 in an effort to fight for Hizballah in Syria. After returning to the United States, Molloy resided in Upper St. Clair, where he continued his attempts to join Hizballah, including through communication with individuals online and in Lebanon. During his time in the United States and abroad, Molloy also allegedly expressed his hatred toward, and promoted violence against, Jewish people.
Molloy’s alleged animus toward Jews was also evidenced by multiple images and videos on his electronic devices and the usernames he chose for his social media and email accounts, including the username “KIKEKILLER313” on the social media platform X. In one alleged WhatsApp exchange with a family member, Molloy agreed that his “master plan was to join Hezbollah and kill Jews.” And while he was residing in Upper St. Clair, Molloy also allegedly visited a website detailing the possible incarceration location of Robert Bowers, who carried out the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue shooting during which he murdered 11 Jewish worshippers.
The U.S. has indicted a dual American-Irish citizen Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a former resident of Pittsburgh, for attempting to support the foreign terrorist organization #Hezbollah. Molloy expressed “a master plan to join Hezbollah and kill Jews.”https://t.co/x2FNmcPAZa
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) January 2, 2025
A Pittsburgh man tried to leave the US and join Hezbollah, according to JNS.
Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a dual Irish-American citizen, traveled to Lebanon in August and to Syria in October trying to join the Hezbollah terror organization, according to a federal complaint unsealed… pic.twitter.com/Jmz5sWkFxu
— Angela Van Der Pluym (@anjewla90) December 12, 2024
1/2 Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, former Pittsburgh resident, “a dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, who previously served on active-duty status in the U.S. Army” indicted for “attempting to support the foreign terrorist organization Hizballah and making false statements pic.twitter.com/3gf4Ix3kfM
— Darias News (@DariasNews1) January 2, 2025
U.S. Soldier Indicted for Attempts to Join Hezbollah https://t.co/jBO8oIgXLD
— BreitbartTexas (@BreitbartTexas) January 3, 2025
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