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shootings at the homes of local democratic officials. solomon pena faces a slew of charges including conspiracy, attempted aggravated battery for the attempted attacks. he lost by a margin of more than 50%. police say he visited the homes of at least three of the officials before the shootings. some of those visits were caught on doorbell cameras. cnn s josh campbell joins us now. what do we expect at the hearing? reporter: this hearing is starting just minutes from now there in new mexico. this will be the suspects a first appearance in court since he was arrested by albuquerque s.w.a.t. officers on monday. look it a these charges. they re obviously very serious. he s been charged with felony possession of a firearm, aggravated attempt with a deadly weapon, as well as conspiracy. we ve reached out to pena s attorney, but what police allege he was the ringleader in this conspiracy to target democratic officials in new mexico, shooting at four homes. this came after ....
Went to the homes of three of these elected officials, essentially berating them, very erratic claiming he believed that he won his election despite losing it in a landslide. authorities released in this criminal affidavit a litany of evidence they have. it includes the firearms that were recovered. it includes a cell phone technology they were able to use and analyze to put him in the location around these areas. they also have a cooperating witness, and someone with someone has flipped is providing information to authorities. a very strong case there. again, you look at the alleged motive here. this is someone who is motivated by election lies it appears. that has drawn the ire of law enforcement. a prosecutor there in new mexico was on cnn this morning slamming these political lies that have resulted in this violence in this case. take a listen. it is unacceptable at every level. it doesn t matter if they re democrats or republicans. this kind of violence, carrying ....