ZIZIANS/GENDER IDENTITY/VEGANISM IN THE NEWS--PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY AGAINST MEMBER CHARGED WITH MURDERING VERMONT BORDER AGENT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont in the latest Trump administration push for more federal executions.

Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Seattle, is among a group of radical computer scientists focused on veganism, gender identity and artificial intelligence who have been linked to six killings in three states. She’s accused of fatally shooting agent David Maland on Jan. 20, the same day President Donald Trump was inaugurated and signed a sweeping executive order lifting the moratorium on federal executions. MORE AT Prosecutors seek death penalty against Zizians member charged with murdering Vermont border agent