| Semi
Sealed
Sentencing for
NJ Man Who
Pled to Trying
to Join Al
Shabaab Memo
Only After
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
EXCLUSIVE,
March 6 – 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 January 7,
2025 Judge Torres set a change
of plea for January 27 at 4
pm.
Inner City Press
was there. Nasr pled guilty;
his Federal Defender said he
will "characterize
differently" the US' evidence
at sentencing, set for June 30
at 10 am. But what's in the
plea agreement?
It gets worse: on
March 5 the US Attorney's
Office wrote in that "the
defense wish to make arguments
based on classified
information. The government
wishes to allow the defense to
make such arguments without
disclosure beyond the court
and cleared defense counsel."
On March 6,
announcement of a semi-sealed
sentencing with memos only
after: "The supplemental
submissions are due on the
same dates by which the
parties public sentencing
submissions are due-that is,
June 9 for the defense and
June 16 for the Government.
Within two weeks after the
defense's supplemental filing,
the Government shall provide
the defense with a copy of the
defense's supplemental filing
in which all classified
information has beenredacted
by the appropriate security
agency. The Government shall
also prepare a redacted
version of its supplemental
filing through the appropriate
security agency. Within 30
days after sentencing, the
defense and the Government
shall each file the redacted
copies of their supplemental
sentencing submissions on the
public docket. Cf United
States v. Schulte, No. 17 Cr.
548, 2024 WL 1526151 (S.D.N.Y.
Apr. 9, 2024); United States
v. Pelton, 696 F. Supp. 156
(D. Md. 1986). The sentencing
scheduled for June 30, 2025,
will be bifurcated. The first
half of the proceeding will
take place in a closed,
classified setting, at which
the Court will hear from the
parties with respect to the
classified material discussed
in the supplemental
submissions. The second half
of the proceeding will take
place in open court ( Replies
due by 6/9/2025., Responses
due by 6/16/2025) (Signed by
Judge Analisa Torres on
3/6/25)." Watch this site.
The case is USA
v. Nasr, 1:24-cr-19 (Torres)
More on Substack here
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