“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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If she were interested in examining the actual facts of this case, there’s actually an interesting backstory here!
Spoiler: It wasn’t just dismissed because of some political agenda.
First of all, for context, the alleged behavior at issue came about as law enforcement violently cleared protesters from public streets surrounding the White House ahead of Donald Trump’s photo-op in front of a church. So bad set of facts to begin with.
Here’s the law enforcement narrative about the case. The National Capital Region Facial Recognition Investigative Leads System played a major role in identifying the alleged suspect here. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
In hearing for Landon Copeland, a federal prosecutor said the FBI was “extremely hesitant” about making arrests in Hildale, Utah, where the police force was under DOJ scrutiny because it was controlled by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Fixed.)
The FBI just released new information about the Jan. 6 Capitol bombing suspect. The bureau believes they were operating out of a location “in the vicinity of Folger Park.”
Here’s footage of the suspect sitting on the bench near the DNC:
And here’s footage of the route they believe the suspect took:
Jan. 6 lawyer John Pierce (!!!) has reemerged in virtual court, telling a court official he’s "hanging in there.” Background from @alanfeuer: nytimes.com/2021/08/31/nyr…
Judge compares John Pierce to a surprise witness.
Pierce tells court says he can “100 percent… no question” represent his client, Stephanie Baez. huffpost.com/entry/stephani…
John Pierce says he’s “good to go” and says he came out of the hospital to thousands of messages and emails.