| US Soldier
Pled Guilty to Helping ISIS Then Asked for
40 Years But Gets 14 Years in SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 11 – Cole James
Bridges was arraigned on
charges of helping or trying
to help ISIS while in the US
Army.
U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Lewis J. Liman held the
arraignment and initial
conference. Inner City Press
covered it.
Bridges,
also known as Cole Gonzalez
according to the complaint,
pleaded not guilty through
counsel.
The complaint
says he searched for "badass
jihadi" and put a photo of
himself in a dish-dash on
social media. He also proposed
a propaganda video, though he
did not write the script.
On June 14, 2024
Bridge in a white skull cap
pled guilty to Counts 1 and 2,
with a sentencing set for
November 2. At the end, Judge
Liman asked the Marshals if
they could allow him to greet
/ say goodbye to his father,
in the courtroom.
After much delay,
Judge Liman on September 26,
2024 denied any further delay,
reiterating sentencing for
October 11.
On October 4, the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for a 40 year sentence.
On October 11,
Inner City Press attended and
live tweeted the sentencing,
thread here.
Two soldiers spoke, and the
defendant's father and a
defense expert. Bridges spoke
and asked for the maximum.
After a break, Judge Liman
sentenced him to 14 years.
More details,
beyond the thread, on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here.
The case is US v.
Bridges, 21-cr-65 (Liman)
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