G.I. pleads not guilty to plotting ISIS attacks on landmarks in city

An Army soldier pleaded not guilty Monday to plotting terrorist attacks on city landmarks with an undercover FBI employee posing as a member of ISIS.

Cole Bridges (inset) faces a maximum of 40 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to ISIS and attempted murder of U.S. military service members. Prosecutors say Bridges, 20, shared his disenchantment with the military in online chats with the undercover FBI employee starting in 2019.

The radicalized soldier eventually began advising the fake ISIS sympathizer on how to thwart U.S. military attacks in the Middle East and “provided advice” on potential targets in New York City, including the 9/11 Memorial, according to a complaint.

Bridges, a resident of Stow, Ohio, and member of the 3rd Infantry Division, was arrested in January at the Army base at Fort Stewart, Ga.

The accused traitor even recorded a video of himself in body armor in front of an ISIS flag and narrated another video hyping what he believed was an an imminent ISIS ambush of U.S. troops, authorities say.

Bridges’ attorney Sabrina Shroff said during the Manhattan Federal Court hearing that she expected to discuss a “disposition” of the case before it goes to trial — meaning the soldier may plead guilty.

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