Hari previously put in a bid to build Trump’s border wall.
“Build that wall. Make America great again.” Story from 2018, with @letsgomathias: huffpost.com/entry/trump-bo…
“Blame the former President of the United States for what's happening to mosques across the United States. Don't blame Ms. Hari. She's nobody." startribune.com/bloomington-mo…
How was she radicalized? WND, Pam Geller, Breitbart, and Jihad Watch, per Hari’s attorney.
“Public comments from officials have aided in supporting this hate and fear, feeding anti-Muslim ideas into the public consciousness. Politicians have fueled and exploited the backlash to the country’s changing diversity.” Uploaded Hari’s filing here: documentcloud.org/documents/2106…
Government’s response: Hari "was not turned into an unthinking automaton by articles on the Internet.” They branded Hari "an evangelist of hate.”
"The Defendant asserts that 'Misinformation has become the demise of our community.’ ... While there may be truth in that sentiment, it certainly does not apply in this case.” Link: documentcloud.org/documents/2106…
"Today’s sentence makes clear that such acts of hate-fueled terror will not be tolerated,” says Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco.
Other Trump-loving anti-Muslim extremists convicted in a terror plot also tried to make the online misinformation argument, and a judge didn’t think much of that either. huffpost.com/entry/kansas-t…
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