ISIS-Inspired Teen Allegedly Plotted To Murder GOP Congressman Behind Sharia-Free Caucus
Federal agents arrested a Texas teenager for attempting to assassinate a congressman and conduct an ISIS attack.
Jillian Butler · Oct 22, 2026 · 2 min read
Federal agents arrested a Texas teenager for attempting to assassinate a congressman and conduct an ISIS attack.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested by the FBI on Oct. 5 for plotting to assassinate Republican Rep. Keith Self of Texas and carry out an attack in North Texas on behalf of ISIS, federal law enforcement sources told local news outlet WFAA on Thursday. The suspect remains in federal custody and his name has not been publicly released.
The FBI declined to comment. Self’s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
The 17-year-old had been recently radicalized and was being monitored by the FBI. He was arrested after purchasing a firearm, WFAA reports.
Self has a substantiative political history of combatting Sharia Law and radical Islamist ideology in the U.S.
“Protecting our Constitutional Republic from radical Islam is getting messy,” Self told WFAA. “I served in the military for 25 years with the mindset that defending freedom was worth the sacrifice. Our elected leaders should govern with that same mindset.”
Self introduced a non-binding resolution to Congress in September that would denounce Sharia law and oppose its implementation in the United States. He is also the co-founder of the Sharia-Free Caucus.
The “Sharia-Free America Caucus remains devoted to upholding the Constitution as the supreme law of the land while fiercely defending the freedoms and liberties upon which the United States was founded,” according to Self.
“If it’s ISIS related, you kind of have to believe that. I can’t prove that. I don’t know that for sure. But you have to follow the [old saying] if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck,” Self told the WFAA when asked if he thinks his stances on Islamic extremism prompted the attack.
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