GREENBELT, Maryland–A federal judge Thursday ordered a Maryland Coast Guard lieutenant held without bail as prosecutors gather more evidence of what they said was a terrorist plot to murder prominent Democratic politicians and media figures.

Christopher Hasson, 49, made his first public appearance at his detention hearing at the United States Federal Court Greenbelt Division. If the government fails to charge Hasson with any additional crimes within 14 days, the defense may motion for release, said Judge Charles B. Day.

Investigators arrested Hasson in his Silver Spring, Maryland, apartment Friday pursuant to a federal criminal complaint, according to court records filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland.

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