Rahami is charged with possessing weapons of mass destruction, bombing, destruction of property, and use of a destructive device.
NEW YORK -- Federal charges have been filed against Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man suspected of planting bombs in New York and New Jersey.
Rahami, 28, is charged with using weapons of mass destruction, bombing, destruction of property, and use of a destructive device in the New York incidents, according to the complaint filed by the Southern District of New York.
A federal law enforcement source tells NJ Advance Media that the U.S. District Court in New Jersey will file charges in the Seaside and Elizabeth bomb-plantings shortly.
According to the complaint, a family member of Rahami had a cell phone video of him igniting an explosive in the immediate vicinity of his Elizabeth hom. The video was taken two days before the Chelsea bombing, the complaint says.
"The video depicts Rahami in a backyard ... the lighting of the fuse, a loud noise and flames, followed by billowing smoke and laughter," the complaint says.
The complaint also says Rahami bought several bomb components on eBay.
Rahami, a naturalized citizen from Afghanistan who was living in Elizabeth, was captured in Linden after a shoot-out with police. He has been charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in Union County.
Rahami's father, Mohammad Rahami, told reporters outside his fried chicken restaurant this morning that he called the FBI about his son.
"I called them two years ago," he said, while pointing at authorities, as FBI agents continued to investigate his business and home. "He stabbed my son. He hit my wife and I put him in jail two years ago."
A federal law enforcement official confirmed to NJ Advance Media that Mohammad Rahami called the FBI and claimed his son was a terrorist two years ago after that incident, initiating a review by federal agents.
"He used the T word," the official said. "It was something to the effect of, 'My son is acting like a terrorist.' He didn't say he was looking up information on internet or building bombs, he just used the T word."
The official said the FBI then began database checks on Rahami and checked with law enforcement, but found "no derogatory information whatsoever." When agents then went back to Mohammad Rahami, he recanted what he had said and the investigation was closed.
Ahmad Khan Rahami was not interviewed by agents, the official said.
"We get leads like this all the time and 99.9 percent of them go nowhere," the official said.
Another official said Ahmad Khan Rahami had a notebook with jihadist writings on him when he was arrested after the shout-out in Linden.
The mother of Ahmad Khan Rahami's daughter yesterday filed for full custody of the girl.
"(Rahami) has been charged with police attempted murder, and is currently under protective services after possible terrorist related activity in NYC 9/17/16," the mother stated in her handwritten message on the application.
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