| Life in
Prison for
Kenyan who
Planned to
Attack Atlanta
for al Shabaab
who He Calls
Legit Govt
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 22 – Cholo Abdi Abdullah
was convicted of planning with
al Shabaab to attack the US
with a commercial jet.
On April 7, Inner
City Press was (the only
person) in the courtroom
gallery when Cholo accepted
his new lawyer, while saying
if there is a conflict he will
return to Judge Torres. The
next date - for a status
conference to, the lawyer
said, set a sentencing date -
is June 16 at 1 pm.
On June 11 he
wrote it to cancel that and
asked for a sentencing date in
December.
On June 12, "The
status conference scheduled
for June 16, 2025, is ADJOUNED
sine die."
Sentencing
was set for December 22, and
on December 5 the US
Attorney's Office wrote in
seeking to move it into
January. On December 8 Judge
Torres in one word denied the
request.
Docketed on
December 10, defense counsel's
redacted request for 30 years,
starting with the line "My
arrest was my rescue."
On December 12
the US Attorney's Office in a
heavily redacted submission
said that life in prison is
necessary because "the
defendant did not join
al-Shabaab with good
intentions; he was not
disillusioned; and he did not
'feign' commitment" - then
paragraphs redacted.
On December 22
Inner City Press live-tweeted
his sentencing to life in
prison, here.
Watch this site.
More on Substack
here
The case
is USA v. Abdullah,
1:20-cr-677 (Torres)
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