| In SDNY Shakeri Case for
Trump Assassination Venue Motion
Denied after CC1 off to EDNY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY/EDNY
Exclusive,
Oct 21 – Two defendants were
presented on murder for hire
charges on November 7 in the
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court and, as
exclusively at that time reported
by Inner City Press, were
detained.
At midday
on November 8, the SDNY US
Attorney's Office announced
the detention of the two, plus
another man in connection with
a plot to assassinate then
candidate Donald J. Trump.
The
complaint at Paragraph
28c recounts that "SHAKERI and
CC-1 , along with others, were
arrested on or about January
22, 2019, by the SLPRB in
Colombo, Sri Lanka, in
connection with a seizure of
approximately 92 kilograms of
heroin."
As
exclusively noted, first on X,
by Inner City Press, this is
connected to a case in EDNY in
Brooklyn, US v. Shawn
Marshall. Not along were the
same two SDNY prosecutors
involved in this EDNY case -
the Marshall complaint
Marshall traveled to Sri Lanka
that time frame. It references
91 kilos of heroin, versus 92.
And the EDNY Magistrate
redacted the name of
"Individual 1," a citizen of
Afghanistan. Complaint
on Patreon here
and now on DocumentCloud here
So the two
cases are connected. It seems
Marshall is CC-1 in the
Shakeri complaint, and Shakeri
is "Individual-1" in the
Marshall complaint - and one
surmises they are trying to
flip Marshall, by charging him
"only" with drugs and guns, in
the District next door to
which the SDNY prosecutors
traveled.
On December 5 the
SDNY case was indicted and
wheeled out to Judge Lewis J.
Liman.
On December 12
Judge Liman held a conference.
Inner City Press was there,
thread:
Judge Liman : How
do you plead? Defendants: Not
guilty. Not guilty.
AUSA: We have
Apple, Google accounts. We did
premises searches, found
gun... These two targeted a
prominent Iranian dissident.
There may be CIPA litigation.
The 3rd defendant remains at
large.
Trial estimated
at 2 weeks.
Docketed on June
26, Judge Liman set a trial
for March 9, 2026: "as to
Carlisle Rivera (in custody)
and Jonathan Loadholt (in
custody) Defendants' pretrial
motions due August 18, 2025.
Government responses due
September 5, 2025. Defendants'
replies due September 12,
2025. Motion Hearing set for
September 18, 2025 at 10:30AM.
Requests to charge, proposed
voir dire and motions in
limine due February 6, 2026. A
Jury Trial is set for March 9,
2026
On August 11
Judge Liman disclosed but did
not docket a pro se letter:
"Defendant Jonathan Loadholt
has mailed to the clerks
office a document entitled
motion for bail and dismissal
of indictment. Under Local
Criminal Rule 49.2, a
defendant represented by
counsel in a pending criminal
case such as Mr. Loadholt may
not file or submit any pro se
letter, motion, or brief
unless otherwise ordered by
the Court. The Court has
forwarded the document to Mr.
Loadholt's counsel and
directed that it be filed
under seal and ex parte. The
Court will not give the pro se
letter any further
consideration. (Signed by
Judge Lewis J. Liman on
8/11/2025)
On August 12
counsel to co-defendant Brown
wrote in to Judge Liman asking
for time served on August 26.
On August 18
counsel to Loadholt moved for
severance, arguing that
Rivera's post arrest
statement, to be introduced as
trial, would be unfairly used
against Loadhart.
On October 16,
"ORDER as to Carlisle Rivera,
Jonathan Loadholt. The Court
has been informed that
Defendant Rivera intends to
change his previously entered
plea to that of guilty to a
superseding information during
the hearing scheduled for
tomorrow. The Government and
Defendant Loadholt are
directed to meet and confer
regarding whether either party
wishes oral argument on
Loadholt's motion challenging
venue."
On October 20
Judge Liman denied bail to
Loadhold finding the evidence
strong, including "a text
message from the third alleged
co-conspirator, Mr. Shakeri,
to the other co-conspirator,
Mr. Rivera, which was then
shared with Mr. Loadholt, and
which contains references to
“finish[ing] the work,” and
the payment of '100K.'"
On October 21,
"as to Jonathan Loadholt: The
motion to dismiss the
Indictment for improper venue
is DENIED. (Signed by
Judge Lewis J. Liman on
10/21/2025)."
SDNY: USA v.
Shakeri, et al., 1:24-cr-670
(Liman)
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