Bladewire

Another day and another Trump supporter in jail. When will trump supporters learn they are not above the law?

"Prosecutors say that in August 2017 Hasson searched "white homeland" and "when are whites going to wake up." Months later he allegedly searched "please god let there be a race war."

“Hasson’s public defender saying in court today that the case against Hasson has really been overblown, and the attorney even went so far to say that Hasson’s views aren’t that different from those of President Trump. Hasson allegedly kept a hit list of Democrats he wanted to kill, and he kept more than a dozen firearms in his apartment … His attorney said the names Hasson allegedly assembled weren’t part of a hit list but instead, quote, ‘looks like the sort of list that our commander in chief might have compiled while watching Fox News in the morning.'”


Another Trump supporter jailed for plotting to kill Democrat politicians

A federal judge in Maryland said Thursday that Christopher Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of plotting a domestic terror attack, will be released from detention.

Hasson had been indicted on weapons and drug charges, but did not face any charges related to terrorism or attempted murder -- a point his public defender made as she argued that the government's continued detention of him was unlawful. He pleaded not guilty last month on the weapons and drug charges.

Judge Charles Day agreed that the government had not met a standard for continued detention but said he still had "grave concerns" about Hasson's alleged actions, which included amassing an arsenal of guns and tactical gear and searching online for the home addresses of two Supreme Court justices.
Hasson's defense attorney will propose options for supervised release at a future hearing.

"He's got to have a whole lot of supervision," Day said. "Somebody who's got eyes and ears on him like nobody's business."

Prosecutors say Hasson is a white supremacist who had a hit list that included prominent Democratic politicians as well as several journalists from CNN and MSNBC.

Hasson conducted an internet search for "are Supreme Court justices protected" before searching for the home addresses of two unnamed justices, court documents revealed.
The documents say Hasson espoused extremist and white supremacist views, and searched online for the "best" gun with which to kill African Americans.

Prosecutors say that in August 2017 Hasson searched "white homeland" and "when are whites going to wake up." Months later he allegedly searched "please god let there be a race war."

Hasson was first charged in February and faces counts of unlawful possession of two improperly registered silencers, possession of a narcotic opioid and possession of 17 firearms as an unlawful user and addict of a controlled substance. If convicted on all four counts, he could receive 31 years in prison. There is no federal domestic terrorism statute under which he could be charged.
Hasson's public defender Elizabeth Oyer told the court, "I fear that through the vivid imaginations and colorful writing of the prosecutors, the case has developed a profile that does not line up with the facts."

Oyer referenced President Donald Trump multiple times, comparing her client's racial slurs and targeting of Democrats and the media to similar views that the President has taken.

Oyer said the list of names Hasson had allegedly assembled didn't amount to a hit list but "looks like the sort of list that our commander in chief might have compiled while watching Fox News in the morning."

She added that while the racial slurs Hasson allegedly used in private writings were condemnable, they are now part of the "national vocabulary."

"Donald Trump uses similar epithets in his everyday language and tweets," Oyer said.
Thomas Windom, an assistant US attorney, showed multiple photos of Hasson's guns stashed in a closet feet from his bed, and at one point, lifted a weighted vest that police had recovered.
"This is combat gear. There is no reason to have this," Windom said. "The defendant intended to ... take his weapons and go."

Hasson will not be released from custody immediately as the details of his supervised release are being agreed upon. Day instructed Oyer to confer with prosecutors in the case and propose options that he will select from at a future hearing that was not yet scheduled.

OneHungLo

The guys was a lib. Bladeliar loses...again

Bladewire

I guess you didn't read the article. He's a trump supporter who wanted to murder Democrat politicians you fucking idiot.

He's a very obsessed Disturbed individual just like you he kept searching the internet for when is there going to be a race war, etc. etc. A real piece of damaged goods you can relate to him.

OneHungLo

Wrong. He was a democrat upset with his party.