FBI files charges in weapons sting following anti-Semitic posts

The FBI has brought weapons charges following a New York City sting operation against two men, one of whom espoused racist and anti-Semitic views on social media and had been acquiring tactical military gear, authorities say.

Joseph Miner, 29, and Daniel Jou, 40, were charged with buying firearms with obliterated serial numbers from an undercover agent in Queens.

It is not clear whether the men, who are neighbors, were planning an attack, authorities say. But prosecutors point to alarming Instagram posts Miner made praising Hitler and the machete attack last year on a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City.

— AP