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NextImg:Virginia man pleads not guilty to hoarding large bomb stockpile

A Virginia man pleaded not guilty Wednesday after being accused by the FBI of stockpiling the largest number of explosives bureau officials have witnessed.

Brad Spafford, 36, answered mostly yes or no questions during his arraignment but pleaded not guilty to possession of an unregistered destructive device and possession of an unregistered short-barrel rifle, according to the report.

In addition to hoarding more than 150 pipe bombs, Spafford is accused of using a photo of President Joe Biden as target practice and telling a friend that he “believed political assassinations should be brought back.”

Most of the devices were detonated on Spafford’s property by the agency, though some were brought back to a lab for examination.

Spafford’s attorneys countered that the National Firearms Act does not define what an explosive is and that, because agents had to detonate the devices with their own explosives, perhaps they were not functional.

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“There is not a shred of evidence in the record that Mr. Spafford ever threatened anyone and the contention that someone might be in danger because of their political views and comments is nonsensical,” his lawyers wrote in a court filing, according to the report.

Some explosive material was stored in a refrigerator next to “Hot Pockets and frozen corn on the cob,” according to the report.