| NJ Man
Arrested for
Trying to Join
Al Shabaab
After Oct 7
via Egypt
Delays Trial
Talks Plea
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
EXCLUSIVE,
Nov 8 – A man who left New
Jersey to try to join Al
Shabaab, inspired or triggered
by the October 7 Hamas
terrorist attack on Israel and
its aftermath, argued to be
released on bail on December
29 in U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrates Court.
Inner City Press
was there, the only media in
the SDNY Mag court, and live
tweeted, thread:
KARREM NASR, a US
citizen, was taken into
custody in Nairobi, Kenya on
Dec 14, 2023 and was
transported to the US
yesterday. Nasr is
led in by US Marshals.
Judge:
These are terrorism charges...
You chose jihad over studying.
I order you detained.
A preliminary
hearing was set for January
12.
But the day
before, on January 11, 2024,
Nasr's case was indicted and
assigned to District Judge
Analisa Torres.
On April 24, the
US Attorney's Office opposed
Nasr's bid for bail, now
quoting him tweeting against
"a post announcing the birth
of a gay couple's son via
surrogate" by stating, "and
this is why we fly jets into
skyscrapers."
On May 20, the US
Attorney's Office wrote to
Judge Torres nominated
Classified Information
Security Officer and
alternates.
On June 7, in
support of a pending
application to get Nasr freed
from detention, his lawyer
wrote in citing a decision by
EDNY District Judge Natasha C.
Merle freeing Halima Salman
who was in ISIS-held territory
in Syria - she allegedly
married an ISIS fighter,
learned to use an AK-47 and
lied to the FBI. But she was
ordered released.
On August 1 the
US Attorney's Office submitted
a joint status letter, in
which they say that
"preliminary discussions about
a pretrial resolution are
ongoing." The defense says its
retained expert is preparing a
mitigation letter it expects
to submit by the end of
August. Publicly?
On November 4 the
Federal Defenders wrote in
about their mitigation
submission and a possible
disposition; on November 5
Judge Torres pushed back the
trial date from January to May
12, 2025 and asked for a
disposition update by December
16.
The case is US v.
Nasr, 24-cr-19 (Torres)
More on Substack here
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