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   A Maryland man who said he feared that President Trump's reelection   
   would lead to a "fascist takeover" is facing attempted murder charges,   
   after he showed up at  Office of Management and Budget Director Russell   
   Vought's Northern Virginia home, wearing a surgical mask and gloves,   
   according to court documents and sources familiar with the matter.   
      
   Colin Demarco, 26, was arrested on Jan. 22 by Arlington County Police on   
   several criminal charges, court records show. He is due to appear in   
   court on Feb. 23.   
      
   During the course of the investigation, agents with the U.S. Marshals   
   Service also discovered that Demarco had previously claimed to be   
   writing a manifesto and that he had also drafted a series of notes   
   detailing everything from a weapons stash to a "Body Disposal Guide."   
      
   The court records show that Demarco is accused of plotting to murder a   
   victim with the initials "R.V." who, according to the criminal   
   complaint, "has served as a presidential appointee."   
      
   The complaint adds that the alleged victim was involved in the creation   
   of Project 2025 — a project funded by the conservative Heritage   
   Foundation- to produce a policy agenda for the next GOP administration.   
   It called for a radical reshaping of the government in ways that   
   consolidate power in the executive branch.   
      
   Sources familiar with the case separately confirmed to CBS News that   
   Demarco's alleged target was Vought.   
      
   A spokesperson for OMB said in a statement, "We are grateful for the   
   work of law enforcement in keeping Director Vought and his family safe."   
      
   A person who answered the phone for Arlington's public defender office   
   said Demarco had retained counsel but declined to provide any further   
   details.   
      
   Vought has generated intense controversy because of his lead role in   
   mass firings of federal government employees during Mr. Trump's second   
   administration.   
      
   He is the architect of Schedule F — a regulatory plan that would   
   reclassify thousands of workers to make it easier to remove them. In   
   private speeches he made before Mr. Trump took office, Vought said he   
   wanted to put career civil servants "in trauma," ProPublica previously   
   reported.   
      
   Vought's controversial comments and actions have made him the subject of   
   numerous violent threats since last year, court filings and sources say.   
   He is now protected by a security detail from the U.S. Marshals Service,   
   the federal law enforcement agency that led the investigation into   
   Demarco and is part of the Justice Department.   
      
   He is one of several senior officials in the Trump administration who   
   routinely receives credible threats. Several sources have told CBS News   
   that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy also has   
   government protection because of the threats he has received.   
      
   According to the criminal complaint, which was drafted by an Arlington   
   County police officer, Demarco was captured on a Ring doorbell camera at   
   the front door of Vought's Arlington home on Aug. 10 wearing gloves, a   
   backpack, sunglasses and a surgical mask.   
      
   He was also seen looking through Vought's mailbox, and he approached a   
   neighbor to ask if anyone was home. The neighbor told investigators that   
   Demarco appeared to have a gun tucked under his shirt.   
      
   The neighbor initially identified the wrong suspect, but the U.S.   
   Marshals were later able to identify Demarco as the person in the Ring   
   video, according to the complaint, and they interviewed him at his   
   Rockville home.   
      
   Demarco admitted traveling to Arlington and claimed to be looking for a   
   job, the complaint said.   
      
   Eventually, he said that he went to Vought's home because he wanted to   
   confront him about Project 2025. He denied having a gun or any intent to   
   harm anyone, however. He also told agents that the November 2024   
   election was "the lowest point in his life" and he feared "impending war   
   and a fascist takeover," the complaint says.   
      
   Demarco also spoke of his admiration for Luigi Mangione — the man who is   
   charged with murdering former United Health CEO Brian Thompson.   
      
   When Marshals Service investigators obtained a search warrant for   
   Demarco's iCloud account, they found a series of notes discussing a   
      
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