| As ISIS Suspect Zachary
Clark Pleads Guilty Secrecy In Other
SDNY Cases Misused
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 10 – An ISIS suspect was
presented on the afternoon of
November 27, 2019 in
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Court - which
earlier that same day was the
locale of a total lack of
transparency, inconsistent and
at odds with not only the law
but this presentation:
"The Department
of Justice today announced
that Zachary Clark, 40, was
arrested today in Brooklyn,
New York. Clark is
charged in a criminal
Complaint with attempting to
provide material support to
the Islamic State of Iraq and
al-Sham (ISIS), a designated
foreign terrorist
organization, and distributing
bomb-making
instructions. Clark is
expected to be presented later
today before Magistrate Judge
Robert W. Lehrburger in
Manhattan federal court."
In this
Clark / ISIS case, the
Department of Justice
announced its prosecution and
included photos
in it. But earlier on November
27 a defendant was brought in
with no docket number
given.
Assistant US Attorneys Michael
Longyear and a colleague said
quietly to Magistrate Judge
Robert W. Lehrburger that they
had made a "written
application" in connection
with the arraignment which
they did not describe.
Judge Lehrburger paused then
said he was granting the
written application, which he
also did not describe. Inner
City Press went to the office
it has been directed to go
with question and asked for
the docket number.
Inner City Press was told that
there was no number, one would
have to inquire with a
District Judge, whose door was
locked.
Perhaps this defendant, who
Inner City Press has still not
named, is a cooperator.
Perhaps he - or she, we'll say
- is the first of a still
sealed indictment. But this
cannot be accepted. Nor can
the "withdrawal"
of documents submitted in a
criminal case, which triggered
a hearing.
Now now, on
August 10, 2020, from the US
Attorney's office, this:
"announced that ZACHARY CLARK,
a/k/a “Umar Kabir,” a/k/a
“Umar Shishani,” a/k/a “Abu
Talha,” pled guilty to
attempting to provide material
support to the Islamic State
of Iraq and al-Sham
(“ISIS”). CLARK pled
guilty today in Manhattan
federal court before U.S.
District Judge Naomi Reice
Buchwald. CLARK is
scheduled to be sentenced by
Judge Buchwald on February 9,
2021, at 12:00 p.m." Watch
this site.
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