NEW: US charges #Chicago man w/joining #ISIS in #Syria in 2015
@TheJusticeDept says Lirim Sylejmani, a #Kosovo-born US citizen, was captured by the #SDF in 2019 & "recently transferred" to @FBI custody
Sylejmani made his initial court appearance in Washington Wednesday
“The defendant is a US citizen who abandoned the country that welcomed him to join #ISIS" per per acting US Attny Sherwin in statement "“He will now be held accountable for his actions in an American courtroom"
Sylejmani has spoken to a number of US media outlets
"The choices that I made, in somebody's eyes, the wrong choices, so I face jail time" he told @CBSNews last year
cbsnews.com/news/isis-susp…
"I have regrets, and I don't have regrets" the 44yo Sylejmani later told @ABC, saying he joined #ISIS w/his wife and 2 daughters but did not fight
abcnews.go.com/International/…
Sylejmani would be the 7th US adult to be brought back from #Syria or #Iraq and charged w/supporting #ISIS
Here are the others:
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