Benny Caldera Jr.A Texas man accused of planning to shoot up the state Capitol was booked before dawn Wednesday and, according to county jail records, walked out on a $75,000 bond before most of Austin had finished coffee.Benny Caldera Jr., 40, of Converse, northeast of San Antonio, was taken from his home around 3 a.m. Wednesday by Texas Department of Public Safety SWAT after DPS received a tip Tuesday about a violent attack planned for Thursday, October 1.He was charged with felony terroristic threat against a public servant and hauled to the Bexar County Jail.According to the Washington Examiner, jail records showed him released on that $75,000 bond just before 7 a.m., roughly four hours after the raid, and was placed on pretrial supervision.According to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, an arrest-warrant affidavit says a friend told DPS that Caldera had made verbal threats to assault the Texas State Capitol, told him “I love you, if you don’t see me again,” and then said, “I am going to the Capitol and I am going to shoot it up.”The same documents say Caldera was angry at AIPAC and declared that “these people have to be exterminated.”Bexar County records also show a prior unlicensed-carrying-a-weapon charge from November 2023, NBC 5 reported.A man with a weapons case on his sheet, accused of planning a Capitol shooting, and the number on the bond sheet was $75,000.State Sen. Tan Parker, a Flower Mound Republican, did not dress it up. “Let me get this straight: a man accused of plotting an attack on the Texas Capitol, with a prior weapons charge, was arrested at 3 a.m. and bonded out the same morning. $75,000? That’s a joke,” Parker wrote, adding that the people who allowed it “should be ashamed of themselves and removed from office.”Let me get this straight: a man accused of plotting an attack on the Texas Capitol, with a prior weapons charge, was arrested at 3 a.m. and bonded out the same morning. $75,000? That’s a joke. This man is a danger to every Texan who walks through those doors and to communities…— Senator Tan Parker (@TanParkerTX) October 1, 2026DPS says he never actually walked free. The jail log told a different story.ScreenshotThe cleanup came later. The Texas Tribune reported that DPS spokesperson Sheridan Nolen insisted online there was “lots of misinformation” about a bond release and that the FBI re-arrested Caldera on federal charges and moved him into federal custody.Lots of misinformation circulating online.To be clear, Caldera is NOT out on bond. He was transferred to the FBI to be held in federal custody.There is no reason to believe there’s an ongoing threat to the Texas State Capitol. https://t.co/iswq4yFvI7— Sheridan Nolen (@sheridannolen) October 1, 2026NBC 5 said the FBI took him at the Bexar County Jail Wednesday evening on those additional federal charges, and that he was released from the county jail into federal custody. Parker later updated that the $75,000 bond “didn’t get him far” and that a federal warrant put him back behind bars.UPDATE: That $75K bond didn’t get him far. Thankfully, he’s back in custody on a federal warrant. Thank you to our @TxDPS heroes for putting in the extra work with our federal partners to keep him behind bars where he belongs. Next session, I’m filing legislation to slam this… https://t.co/57pI8Jbi0C— Senator Tan Parker (@TanParkerTX) October 1, 2026An internal email from Secretary of the Senate Patsy Spaw, obtained by the Tribune, called Caldera the “main suspect” in a planned Thursday attack and referred to suspected co-conspirators. DPS’s public statement did not name anyone else. The agency later said there is no reason to believe an ongoing threat remains, and that the Capitol stayed open with an increased DPS presence.Fox News reported that FBI Director Kash Patel credited the speed of the takedown: “Within HOURS of the tip, @TxDPS had the main suspect in custody — with @FBISanAntonio and local law enforcement assisting. Threaten Americans or our institutions and law enforcement will move FAST.” Governor Greg Abbott posted that “Texas DPS and the FBI stopped a planned attack on the Texas Capitol. Texas will NOT tolerate threats of violence against our Capitol.”Outstanding work by @TxDPS. Proud of our @FBISanAntonio team for standing shoulder-to-shoulder with our state and local partners.Within HOURS of the tip, @TxDPS had the main suspect in custody — with @FBISanAntonio and local law enforcement assistingThreaten Americans or our… pic.twitter.com/neg82hEhWW— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 30, 2026The post Texas Man Accused of Plotting Attack on State Capitol Posts $75,000 Bond Just Hours After 3 A.M. SWAT Arrest — FBI Then Takes Him Into Federal Custody appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.