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2023-07-31 -Land of the Free

Judge orders 3 of ‘Newburgh Four’ released from prison, rips FBI for ‘inventing’ conspiracy

[NYP] Three of the four Muslim converts convicted of a post-9/11 plot to bomb New York synagogues and shoot down planes were ordered to be released from prison by a judge who declared their 25-year sentences "unduly harsh and unjust" — and blamed the FBI for radicalizing them.

Onta Williams, David Williams and Laguerre Payen — three of the four men who became known as the "Newburgh Four" — were granted their request for compassionate release by US District Judge Colleen McMahon on Thursday.
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In her ruling, McMahon slammed the FBI’s sting operation that snared the men, whom she wrote were "hapless, easily manipulated and penurious petty criminals" that were set up by the feds and their unreliable informant.

"The real lead conspirator was the United States," McMahon wrote.

It was "heinous" of the men to agree to participate in what she called the government’s "made-for-TV move," she wrote, but added that "the sentence was the product of a fictitious plot to do things that these men had never remotely contemplated, and that were never going to happen."

Unmentioned is the FBI informant, Pakistani Shahed Hussain, who needed FBI help dealing with his immigration fraud and other criminal fraud charges; also the ringleader he recruited, James Cromitie, seething with hate and baseless boasting, but reportedly only in it for the promised $250,000 and other goodies. His three friends were also promised money and stuff. Except for Mr. Payen, a mentally ill Haitian, the other three recruits are African-American.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-31 06:16|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
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#1 Additional study required, but there could be a pattern surfacing here.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-31 06:20|| 2023-07-31 06:20|| Front Page Top

#2 And now, how 'bout we work on the Witless Whitmer "kidnapping".

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-07-31 07:26|| 2023-07-31 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 The 1st thing that came to mind for me., before reading the article was....

Was it the FBI, or a Liberal Judge appointed by a Far Left president, or are both guilty of playing games with justice?

That's how bad it has come. That I, and I guess some others also stop and wonder now also.

Posted by NN2N1 2023-07-31 07:26|| 2023-07-31 07:26|| Front Page Top

#4 The state of the nation: Our gummint pays foreign labs to make up new diseases. Our DoJ and Judiciary work to create new crimes.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-31 07:29|| 2023-07-31 07:29|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ The evidence certainly points in that direction Merc.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-07-31 07:36|| 2023-07-31 07:36|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ I'm afraid that is an offshoot of running the gubmint like a business. Gotta keep doin' R&D for "new" products.

Posted by AlanC 2023-07-31 08:36|| 2023-07-31 08:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Requests for taxpayer funding of things like Wuhan and EcoHealth should go like this:

"So, has cancer been eradicated?"
"No."
"Has heart disease been eradicated?"
"no."

The appropriation request is denied. Next..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-31 08:45|| 2023-07-31 08:45|| Front Page Top

#8 Running the country like a business - with shell companies, bribes and some extortion. No one said it had to be a legitimate business.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-31 11:20|| 2023-07-31 11:20|| Front Page Top

#9 "So, has cancer been eradicated?"
"No."
"Has heart disease been eradicated?"
"no."

If you die from COVID, neither of these apply.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-07-31 13:01|| 2023-07-31 13:01|| Front Page Top

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