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AK47 by
Brooklyn Home
of Masih
Alinejad She
Testifies on
Iran in SDNY
No Cross Exam
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Jan
27 vlog
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 18 - A man from
Azerbaijan was arrested with
an AK-47 style assault rifle
surveilling the Brooklyn home
of an Iranian journalist,
Inner City Press exclusively reported
learned on July 29, 2022,
In
the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York past 5 pm that day, a
detention or release
proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Sarah Cave on
defendant Khalid Mehdiyev. He
was heavy-set and in a black
T-shirt, escorted in by two US
Marshals. Inner City Press was
the only media there.
On January 27,
2023, Mehdiyev's paymaster was
presented, but not arraigned,
again before Judge Cave. He
was in a black t-shirt,
repeating "Da" sullenly,
detained on consent with a
taxpayer-funded lawyer. Vlog here
On
February 1, both Amirov and
Mehdiyev were on court before
District Judge Colleen
McMahon.
On January 24,
Inner City Press went to a
proceeding in the case, with
Rafat Amirov only. Two
defendants are in Czechia and
Georgia; Medhiyev was not
there. Now now at trial. Thread.
On March 4, Inner City Press
went to the final pre-trial
conference, about Omarov's
motion to suppress, ending with
Masih Alinejad, then and
upcoming.
On March 6 Omarov's motion to
suppress was denied, with quotes
from his interview on the jet
including "I just really want to
see a lawyer cause I don't know
your laws. But to speak that's
no problem. I don't want you to
think that I am hiding
something."
There was discussion of
whether the jury will hear that
Iran hired the "Russian mob," or
merely Guli vor -
On March 10, jury selection went
past 5 pm and still wasn't
finished.
On March 11, opening statements,
BOP witness and ... Mehdiyev,
about the Russian mob, Guli vor,
and Polad. The AUSA says he has
two to five hours more - Judge
McMahon said tighten it up.
Thread here,
more / extra on Substack here.
On March 13 Mehdiyev was crossed
by Omarov's lawyer about, among
many other things, making up the
death of his mother and his visa
fraud, thread
On March 14 Mehdiyev's mother
testified then was cross
examined. She denied wanting a
green card, and that she told
her son on a recorded call that
they "had" to get to the US.
More on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here
On March 17 the trial continued
including with the FBI's Iran
squad chief testifying that
Mehdiyev got paid, $30,000 in
cash - thread
On March 18, Masih Alinejad
herself testified (Inner City
Press thread)
- there was no cross
examination, and after the
charge conference, closing
arguments approach...
Previously, more on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is USA v. Medhiyev, et
al., 1:22-cr-438 (McMahon)
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