🧵UNSEALED: New indictment against Zubayr al-Bakoush for his role in the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, Libya.
Charges include conspiracy, terrorism, attempted murder, murder, and arson.
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Al-Bakoush is the third person to be apprehended and charged in connection to the Benghazi attack.
The other two are Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu Khatallah and Mustafa Muhammad Muftah al-Imam.
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Abu Khattala was indicted in August of 2013 and captured by Delta Force in June 2014.
He was convicted in 2017, sentenced in 2018, but the sentence was later overturned due to it being WAY too low—just 22 years.
He was resentenced to 28 years and is now in the CO Supermax.
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Al-Imam was captured in October 2017, indicted in November 2017, convicted in May 2019, and sentenced in January 2020 to 19.5 years.
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Charges against Al-Bakoush are essentially the same as those brought against Abu Khatallah and Al-Imam.
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The background section of this new indictment is a copy/pasta of the other indictments. Which is all it needs to be and speaks to this being a continuation of efforts by DOJ, CIA, State, and DOW to capture and prosecute those responsible for the Benghazi attack.
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Bakoush
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Victims
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The Conspiracy
(Count One)
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The Goals of the Conspiracy
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Overt Acts
Bakoush is specifically named in acts a., b., e., f., and g.
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Material Support to Terrorists
(Count Two)
Bakoush and others knowingly and intentionally provided material support to others and to himself, which contributed to the terrorist attack and destroyed property and took the lives of Stevens, Smith, Woods, and Doherty.
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Murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, a protected person
(Count Three)
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Murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, a U.S. National
(Count Four)
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Murder of Sean Smith, a U.S. National
(Count Five)
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Attempted Murder of Scott Wickland, a U.S. National
(Count Six)
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Arson of the U.S. Mission
(Count Seven)
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Mliscious Destruction of the U.S. Mission
(Count Eight)
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Special Findings
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Indictment
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Welcome to America, pal.
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Bakoush came up in the cases of the other two lowlife terrorist assholes.
From the Al-Imam case: Bakoush was in Ansar Al-Sharia as well as other terrorist brigades. He was commanding groups of men during the attack.
A witness ID'd Bakoush during the trial of Abu Khatallah.
Al-Imam and Abu Khatallah had Bakoush as contacts in their phones.
The U.S. has their cell data from around and during the time of the attack, plus videos and other evidence.
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