A Utah militia group leader with ties to Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is set to appear in court Wednesday on charges alleging he tried to blow up a federally owned cabin.
Prosecutors say 57-year-old William Keebler was angry about federal grazing policies and wanted to retaliate at the remote building in Arizona on June 21.
His lawyers say undercover FBI agents who had infiltrated his small group built an inert device, placed it on the cabin door and handed him the detonator.
Prosecutors contend Keebler pushed the button and was ready to shoot authorities who came after them.
The FBI says Keebler also scouted a mosque, a Bureau of Land Management office and U.S. military facilities as possible targets.
Keebler's friends say he isn't violent and agents set him up.
