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Home Front: WoT
Man who sold gun to Texas synagogue attacker gets 8 years in prison
2022-10-28
As we like it: all’s well that ends well. (Yes, of course you see what I did there, dear Reader. I would expect nothing less.)
[IsraelTimes] Ex-felon convicted of possession of semi-automatic pistol later used by Malik Faisal Akram to hold rabbi and 3 others hostage at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville

A man who sold a pistol to a man who used it to hold four hostages inside a Texas synagogue before being fatally shot by the FBI
...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time...
 was sentenced Monday to nearly eight years in prison for a federal gun crime, the US Department of Justice said.

Henry "Michael" Dwight Williams,
...when not in prison he enjoyed the dubious pleasures of selling illegal drugs and stolen guns to those who appreciate such things...
33, pleaded guilty in June to being a felon in possession of a firearm, prosecutors said.

Williams sold Malik Faisal Akram
...Brit-Paki known wolf, a member of jihad precurser Tablighi Jamaat and divorced father of six, he came to America specially to get the Joos to rescue Aafia Siddiqui from durance vile, but failed spectacularly — first losing his hostages and then his life. Did we ever learn who took him between the Dallas International Airport and the homeless shelter where he was given shelter and who introduced him to the felon who sold him that gun?
the weapon Arkam used when he entered Congregation Beth Israel in the Dallas-area suburb of Colleyville on January 15 and held the synagogue’s rabbi and three others hostage, according to prosecutors.

Williams, who was previously convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted possession of a controlled substance, sold Akram a semi-automatic pistol on January 13.

Prosecutors said that in plea papers, Williams admitted to possession of that firearm despite his prior conviction.

"This defendant, a convicted felon, had no business carrying — much less buying and selling — firearms," US Attorney Chad Meacham said in a news release.

Prosecutors said Williams confirmed selling Akram the handgun at a Dallas intersection.

Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen, held hostages while demanding the release of a federal prisoner. The standoff ended after more than 10 hours when the synagogue’s rabbi threw a chair at Akram and fled with the other two remaining hostages just as an FBI tactical team was moving in. None of the hostages were maimed.

Williams was arrested just over a week after the standoff.
Related:
Malik Faisal Akram: 2022-07-02 Man pleads guilty to selling pistol to Texas synagogue hostage-taker
Malik Faisal Akram: 2022-02-17 FBI says Texas synagogue hostage-taker tried to buy ‘machine gun’ and drugs
Malik Faisal Akram: 2022-01-27 US charges man who sold gun used in synagogue hostage crisis
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  And what did Holder get when it did turn into felony murder?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-10-28 09:50  

#1  He's lucky the deader didn't turn it into a felony murder rap for him.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-28 09:32  

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