Rodriguez’s past activism and online presence, as well as a manifesto thought to have been written by him, all point to a young man driven by long-standing far-left beliefs and steeped in far-left

Rodriguez’s charges were laid out in a criminal complaint. He was informed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh during an initial appearance in federal court Thursday that some of the charges against him carry the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison, officials said in the briefing later that afternoon.