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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 06:07 PM Oct 2018

'These were not hoax devices'--FBI, DOJ announce charges against MAGA bomber suspect

A Friday afternoon press conference brought onstage Attorney General Jefferson Sessions, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Geoffrey Berman the US attorney from the Southern District of New York, along with representatives from the NYPD, Postal authorities, and other agencies to announce the arrest of suspected terrorist Cesar Sayoc. Sayoc has been charged with five federal felonies bringing potential penalties of 58 years in prison.

Sessions limited his comments to praise for the agencies involved and notably avoided naming any of the targets of the bomber. As Trump had done earlier in the day, he described CNN only as “a media outlet” and added to the list of vague terms “a Hollywood actor” to describe Robert De Niro. He named neither the suspect nor any target.

However, FBI Director Christopher Wray and US Attorney Geoffrey Berman did step up to not only name Sayoc, but list the targets of the attacks. Wray also gave right-wing claims that the devices were “fake” or a “hoax” a firm kick by identifying the pipe bombs using the term “IED,” the same term used for explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan. To make it even more clear … he said it clearly.

Wray: These were not ‘hoax’ devices.



Wray credited FBI analysts for locating a fingerprint on the device that was sent to the office of Congresswoman Maxine Waters as the definitive clue that led them to Sayoc. DNA samples obtained from two other devices were also important in definitively identifying the suspect.

At present, the charges against Sayoc do not include any charges involving “weapons of mass destruction” or direct charges of terrorism. However, there remain ten days in which additional charges could be filed before Sayoc is indicted.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/10/26/1807484/--These-were-not-hoax-devices-FBI-DOJ-announce-charges-against-MAGA-bomber-suspect
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'These were not hoax devices'--FBI, DOJ announce charges against MAGA bomber suspect (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP
Sayoc goodbye. Nt BootinUp Oct 2018 #1
Sayocnara! nt Qutzupalotl Oct 2018 #5
A big, fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2018 #2
Well its not so terrible. He'll only be 114 when he gets out of jail. CentralMass Oct 2018 #3
Do not include any charges involving "weapons of mass destruction" or direct charges of terrorism. MagickMuffin Oct 2018 #4
Good Stupid MAGA MFs Cha Oct 2018 #6
i despise that shithead and all his sycophants Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #7
trump is freaking rotten toxic down Cha Oct 2018 #8

MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)
4. Do not include any charges involving "weapons of mass destruction" or direct charges of terrorism.
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 06:32 PM
Oct 2018

MAKE IT SO!!!

Because he demonstrated he is a terrorist, not once, not twice but what do ya know the baker's dozen.

LOCK HIM UP



Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
7. i despise that shithead and all his sycophants
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 07:42 PM
Oct 2018

The Gangsters Of Putin need to be removed from office and prosecuted.

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