Two of eight alleged conspirators arrested in connection with a foiled attack on UFC Freedom 250 at the White House have pled Not Guilty to multiple charges.
Tycen Proper, 19, a resident of Danville, Ohio, and Chandler Scaggs, 21, hailing from Chapmanville, West Virginia, entered not guilty pleas in Ohio, with U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus Jr. overseeing the proceeding.
Proper and Scaggs are two of eight defendents in the case. They are alleged to have been part of a group planning to use explosive-laden drones to attack the White House fight card, held on June 14, to create a panic. Snipers would then fire at the crowd as they fled the scene of the initial attack.
News of the not guilty plea from both men was reported by the Associated Press and other media outlets on Thursday.
The charges faced by the men consist of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, plus conspiracy to commit murder on federal government territory and to murder a federal government official.
Their trial is scheduled to begin on September 14, 2026.
Members of the group allegedly targeted the event after becoming enraged with the Trump administration’s handling of records related to deceased financier Jeffery Epstein, accused of numerous sex crimes, as well as grievances over government corruption and the Trump administration’s approval of resource-hogging data centers used to fuel AI platforms.
None ever made it to the event, which went off without any known security incidents. Justin Gaethje headlined the card, stopping Ilia Topuria after four rounds to claim the UFC’s undisputed lightweight championship in his nation’s capital.
