2024 · Western District of Pennsylvania

Jack Danaher Molloy

Latest release: Upper St. Clair Man Who Traveled to Lebanon and Syria with Goal of Joining Hizballah Indicted on Terrorism Offense and for Lying to FBI

The Case's Tie to Hezbollah, in the Government's Words

“Molloy, a dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, traveled to Lebanon in August 2024 with a desire to join Hizballah, a foreign terrorist organization (FTO).”

Defendants and Outcomes

• Jack Danaher Molloy Charged as of Jan. 2, 2025

  “Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, a former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempting to support the foreign terrorist organization Hizballah and making false statements involving international terrorism to a department or agency of the United States.”

  U.S. Department of Justice, Pennsylvania Man Who Traveled to Lebanon and Syria with Goal of Joining Hizballah Indicted on Terrorism Offense and for Lying to FBI, press release, Jan. 2, 2025, para. 2, justice.gov.

Exhibits

1. Exhibit 1

   U.S. Department of Justice, Upper St. Clair Resident Charged with Lying to FBI Regarding Involvement with Hizballah, press release, Dec. 9, 2024, justice.gov.

   Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.

   Summary The United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced that Jack Danaher Molloy was charged by criminal complaint with two counts of making false statements to FBI agents during an investigation involving international terrorism. The complaint was unsealed and Molloy was arrested and appeared in federal court in Chicago, Illinois, on the date of the announcement, which the document does not specify.

2. Exhibit 2

   U.S. Department of Justice, Pennsylvania Man Who Traveled to Lebanon and Syria with Goal of Joining Hizballah Indicted on Terrorism Offense and for Lying to FBI, press release, Jan. 2, 2025, justice.gov.

   Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.

   Summary The document announces that a federal grand jury indicted Jack Danaher Molloy on charges of attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah and making false statements to the FBI concerning international terrorism. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the document, and it states that Molloy was indicted after his Dec. 6, 2024 arrest and prior criminal complaint, with the indictment alleging conduct from August through December 2024.

3. Exhibit 3

   U.S. Department of Justice, Upper St. Clair Man Who Traveled to Lebanon and Syria with Goal of Joining Hizballah Indicted on Terrorism Offense and for Lying to FBI, press release, Jan. 2, 2025, justice.gov.

   Fetched Oct. 20, 2026.

   Summary The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted Jack Danaher Molloy on charges of attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah and making false statements to the FBI involving international terrorism. The indictment followed a criminal complaint filed on December 6, 2024, and Molloy was arrested that day and transported to Pittsburgh on December 30, 2024.