So, we'll get him another way.Robertson was set free last year in a bizarre case that saw local law enforcement claim that a minor tax offense he had committed was actually in the service of global terrorism. In a scathing statement dismissing these allegations, the presiding judge described the government’s case against Robertson as “woefully inadequate,” adding that the government had “not even come close to proving [Robertson’s] minor income tax fraud was intended to promote a federal crime of terrorism.”
The Intercept
Robertson runs an online Islamic seminary with roughly 100 students around the world. The anonymous source quoted in the Fox News report had claimed that Mateen was one of them, which Robertson vociferously denies. “We checked all our financial and administrative records and we had no connection to this individual.”
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These claims soon went viral around the world, with news outlets like the Daily Beast, New York Post, and the U.K.’s Daily Mail claiming that Robertson had been an inspiration to the Orlando shooter.
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