Many Americans were shocked to learn this week that the wife of the radical Islamic terrorist who mercilessly slaughtered 49 innocents and wounded 53 others in an Orlando nightclub in June had been arrested in California.
According to Breitbart, 30-year-old Noor Salman, who was taken into custody by the FBI outside her home near San Francisco, made her first appearance in court on Tuesday.
A two-count federal indictment revealed that Salman has been charged with aiding and abetting and providing material support to a known terrorist organization (the Islamic State group), as well as a count of obstruction of justice. The charges could result in a life sentence if Salma is convicted.
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On the first count, the indictment reads that Salman “did knowingly aid and abet” her husband, Omar Mateen,in providing “material support or resources” to the Islamic State group, the terrorist organization Mateen swore allegiance to during the nightclub massacre.
As to the second count, of obstructing justice, the indictment stated that Salman “did knowingly engage in misleading conduct” towards both the local Florida police and the FBI, conduct intended to “hinder, delay or prevent the communication” of pertinent information related to the atrocity committed by her husband.
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Fox News reported that Salman has professed her innocence and claimed having no knowledge of what her husband intended to do, assertions pressed by her defense lawyer and family members.
Nevertheless, prosecutors insist that she not only knew of Mateen’s planned terrorist attack, she also helped him scout the Pulse nightclub and purchase ammunition that could have been used in the attack.
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Furthermore, they alleged she knowingly “misled” both local and federal investigators in the aftermath of the terrible massacre.
Of course, we will most certainly keep you posted on any further developments in this story.
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