Posted on 03/14/2018 4:26:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Prosecutors opened Wednesday's federal terrorism trial of Noor Salman, the wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, with a pointed allegation that will likely be the crux of the state's case: Salman knew what her husband had planned before he killed 49 people, and she admitted it to the feds.
The 31-year-old is charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and obstruction of justice for allegedly misleading law enforcement agents investigating the June 12, 2016, massacre.
She has pleaded not guilty, and her defense, in its opening statement, cast Salman as a victim, not an accomplice.
While the defense intends to cross-examine material witnesses, attorney Linda Moreno said she and her counterparts will not cross-examine the Pulse victims who testify, out of concern for their well-being.
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Clever. Intimidate the witnesses by telling them you are concerned for their safety.
She is hardly less responsible than her husband. What a woman and not worth a cent in terms of morals or ethics.
“cast Salman as a victim, not an accomplice.”
No matter what, if found guilty, she should receive life without parole. If you execute her as an accomplice, she will have obtained what she desires, the Muslim world’s lauding her as a martyr, along with her husband.
Comey's FBI knew. And LOTS of standing down in Las Vegas and Parkland too.
He was a known wolf. He’d been reported, investigated, and his excuse for his Islamic jihadist outbursts was it was a “response” to Islamophobia and hate speech he’d suffered.
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