Post by USGOV CONSPIRATORS on Jan 24, 2024 13:29:42 GMT -5
"Nothing about the crimes of conviction was of defendants' own making," wrote US District Judge Colleen McMahon in a fiery opinion on Friday.
"The FBI invented the conspiracy; identified the targets; manufactured the ordnance; federalised what would otherwise have been a state crime by driving three of the four men into Connecticut... and picked the day for the 'mission'."
She described the FBI's informant, Shahed Hussain, as "most unsavoury" and "a villain", arguing that "the real lead conspirator was the United States".
"The FBI invented the conspiracy; identified the targets; manufactured the ordnance; federalised what would otherwise have been a state crime by driving three of the four men into Connecticut... and picked the day for the 'mission'."
She described the FBI's informant, Shahed Hussain, as "most unsavoury" and "a villain", arguing that "the real lead conspirator was the United States".