DOJ Announces Guilty Plea from Foreign Cult Leader Who Inspired Antioch High School Shooting in Tennessee
Update: 2025-11-19
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday that Michail Chkhikvishvili, a leader of the extremist Maniac Murder Cult, pleaded guilty to sending instructions to make poison and bombs, as well as soliciting hate crimes, after he was extradited to the United States in May.
A citizen of Georgia, the Eastern European nation bordering Russia, Turkey, and Armenia, the DOJ said in a press release that Chkhikvishvili distributed a manifesto as early as 2021. He later traveled to the United States, where the DOJ stated that Chkhikvishvili began recruiting individuals to commit acts of mass violence using the encrypted messaging application Telegram.
A citizen of Georgia, the Eastern European nation bordering Russia, Turkey, and Armenia, the DOJ said in a press release that Chkhikvishvili distributed a manifesto as early as 2021. He later traveled to the United States, where the DOJ stated that Chkhikvishvili began recruiting individuals to commit acts of mass violence using the encrypted messaging application Telegram.
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