And Whitaker was so ignorant of the facts in his speech that he didn't notice.[W]hile addressing members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force, a team of police officials and federal agents who cooperate on terrorism investigations [Trump's acting AG, Matthew Whitaker,] told the group that [convicted bomber Ahmad] Rahimi, who was sentenced February to life in prison, had ‘‘two alleged coconspirators overseas.’’
‘‘One of them attempted to buy a plane ticket to come here and participate in those attacks. Now he’s getting a plane ride back to America but it’s care of an extradition order,’’ Whitaker said.
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After receiving media inquiries about the comments, a Justice Department spokeswoman said the agency was issuing a ‘‘correction.’’ Whitaker’s comments on Rahimi having coconspirators were included in a copy of his prepared remarks sent to reporters, but stricken from the version posted on the Justice Department website.
The Justice Department later clarified that Whitaker’s prepared remarks originally included references to a defendant other than the Chelsea bomber, but those statements were removed from the speech after a sentencing was postponed. The department did not identify the other case but said a reference to it ‘‘was inadvertently’’ left in the speech.
Boston Globe
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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