Attorney Amir Makled and FBI agent in Dearborn on Friday (FBI photo by Rebecca Cook)

Dearborn attorney Amir Makled told The Detroit News on Saturday that a group of people in Metro Detroit arrested Friday by FBI agents on suspicion of terrorism are not members of a terrorist cell and were not planning an attack around the Halloween weekend — contrary to statements made by FBI Director Kash Patel.

Makled, who represents one of the men, age 20, told The News:

"This is not a terrorist cell. There was never any planned mass-casualty event or terrorism plot of any kind that I'm aware of. They might have been on some websites or online chat groups that they shouldn’t have been, but nothing that is illegal."

"Our clients and everyone have been cooperating — fully cooperating — with the inve

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