I can’t help but think that this is the perfect guy to ‘goose’ into going a step further. A bit nutty. Feds knew him, not hard to get one of your informants to push him a bit. Tell him maybe if he sent some fake pipe bombs people will start listening to him. Show him how easy it is.
If I was trying to orchestrate an October surprise, I’d get the guy with the Trump van to up his game. Perfect for visual media.
Seems just a bit too perfect to me... nicely packaged perp.