Capitol bomb plotter handed 30-year jail sentence

A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to detonate a suicide bomb at the US Capitol building in an undercover sting.

Capitol bomb plotter handed 30-year jail sentence

A man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for plotting to detonate a suicide bomb at the US Capitol building in an undercover sting.

The term imposed on 29-year-old Amine El-Khalifi, of Alexandria, Virginia, was the highest allowed under a plea deal.

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