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Pulse gunman’s father was an FBI informant under criminal investigation, attorneys say
wgno.com ^ | 3/26/2018 | abcnews

Posted on 03/26/2018 7:43:07 AM PDT by bitt

Attorneys for Noor Salman are calling for a dismissal of charges or a mistrial after they say new details from prosecutors reveal that Pulse gunman Omar Mateen’s father was an FBI informant who is currently under a criminal investigation.

According to a motion filed by the defense, Assistant US Attorney Sara Sweeney sent an email on Saturday to the defense — in the middle of the Salman’s trial — that stated Seddique Mateen was a confidential FBI source from 2005 through June 2016.

The email also stated that Seddique Mateen is being investigated for money transfers to Turkey and Pakistan after documents were found in his home on the day of the Pulse attack.

The revelation threatens to upend the case against Salman, the wife of Omar Mateen who is on trial for charges related to the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in June 2016

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dirtycops; fbi; mateen; mateenfather; nightclub; nightclubplots; orlando; pulse; pulsenightclub; shooting
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To: Delta 21

The man setting in the pickup truck driven by Cliven Bundy the night LaVoy Finicum was ambushed and murdered, was an FBI informant.


21 posted on 03/26/2018 8:10:53 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

You are using a different meaning of “close.”

I was thinking of near, you were more along the lines of aid and abet.


22 posted on 03/26/2018 8:12:51 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: bitt

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/380275-pulse-gunmans-father-was-fbi-informant-report

The father of the Pulse Nightclub shooter served as an FBI informant for 11 years, according to a federal court motion, obtained by multiple outlets.

Lawyers for Omar Mateen’s widow Noor Salman filed a federal court motion on Monday, saying that prosecutors contacted them on Saturday, saying Mateen’s father Seddique Mateen worked as an FBI source from 2005 to June 2016.

Salman is accused of aiding her husband in the attack on the Orlando, Fla. nightclub in June of 2016, which left 49 people dead and numerous others injured.
She has pleaded not guilty to providing support for a foreign terrorist organization and obstruction of justice.

Salman’s lawyers said they would have presented two theories if they had known about Seddique Mateen’s prior work.

“1) Omar Mateen and his father, rather than Ms. Salman, conspired to support ISIS; or 2) the FBI’s focus on Ms. Salman was based on its own motive to avoid responsibility for its failures with its own informant, Seddique Mateen, as well as his son,” the attorneys said, according to CNN.

Her lawyers have called for a mistrial after they said they received the information on Saturday night.

“It is apparent from the Government’s belated disclosure that Ms. Salman has been defending a case without a complete set of facts and evidence that the Government was required to disclose,” he attorneys said in the motion, according to the network. ‘


23 posted on 03/26/2018 8:13:21 AM PDT by bitt (The first to squeal gets the best deal.)
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To: MNDude
If the accusations of The Fast and Furious scandals are true, our government intended to harm u.s. citizens in order to bring about gun control. Why should we doubt that they would not do other similar things?

That's why I think FL was allowed to happen and NOBODY did anything about the clear and present threat that Cruz was.

Those kids massacred are just collateral damage for the gun grabbers.

They don't give a rip about life and whose lives are destroyed in the process.

24 posted on 03/26/2018 8:14:20 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: circlecity
And the connection always pre-dates the shooting. It's almost as if they try to facilitate these things rather than prevent them.

Yup.

25 posted on 03/26/2018 8:14:57 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: eyeamok

I remember immediately after the shooting in San Bernardino, the media stormed into the apartment of the alleged shooter and began searching through his mail and everything in his apartment. I was horrified and wondering why the FBI was allowing them to contaminate such a valuable place to find Clues. Now I know.


26 posted on 03/26/2018 8:15:56 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: bitt

> why does there always seem to be an FBI connection to these shooting cases??

question answers itself, really

the FBI is a terrorist organization


27 posted on 03/26/2018 8:18:44 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
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To: bitt

Everybody move along, there’s nothing to see here.


28 posted on 03/26/2018 8:20:46 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: bitt
is there nothing the fbis haven't polluted or screwed up?
29 posted on 03/26/2018 8:21:56 AM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: bitt
"Attorneys for Noor Salman are calling for a dismissal of charges or a mistrial after they say new details from prosecutors reveal that Pulse gunman Omar Mateen’s father was an FBI informant who is currently under a criminal investigation."

Whoa! That's why he was given a seat of honor at Cankles rally!


30 posted on 03/26/2018 8:22:11 AM PDT by StAnDeliver ( Parkland is the most massive failure in law enforcement since 9/11)
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To: GregNH
Oh, how could you ever think that? (mmbbbbffffft)
31 posted on 03/26/2018 8:32:54 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: bitt

He was within spitball shooting range of H. Clinton at one of her rallies. He had to been approved by her/them to sit that close.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/orlando-shooters-father-attend-clinton-rally/story?id=41242838


32 posted on 03/26/2018 8:34:05 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dems are having trouble with their MAMA campaign To (Make America Mexico Again) versus MAGA!)
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To: metmom

Low-hanging fruit?


33 posted on 03/26/2018 8:36:23 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: GregNH
So, basically what we are learning is that the FBI is directly has been connected to every mass shooting in this country before they happened.
34 posted on 03/26/2018 8:36:47 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dems are having trouble with their MAMA campaign To (Make America Mexico Again) versus MAGA!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

It takes a specials kind of incompetence on the part of the Secret Service to let that monster anywhere near that crooked bitch.


35 posted on 03/26/2018 8:37:50 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: StAnDeliver

wow!


36 posted on 03/26/2018 8:38:25 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: bitt

“It is apparent from the Government’s belated disclosure that Ms. Salman has been defending a case without a complete set of facts and evidence that the Government was required to disclose,” he attorneys said in the motion, according to the network. ‘”

Geez, the above sounds familiar with every DOJ/FBI drummed up case against Candidate Trump, his people, friends and family.


37 posted on 03/26/2018 8:39:36 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dems are having trouble with their MAMA campaign To (Make America Mexico Again) versus MAGA!)
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To: bitt
...Seddique Mateen is being investigated for money transfers to Turkey and Pakistan...

And this has what to do with the case at hand?

38 posted on 03/26/2018 8:43:27 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Rome2000
"It takes a specials kind of incompetence on the part of the Secret Service to let that monster anywhere near that crooked bitch."

Not if the FBI/DOJ told the Secret Service that he was not dangerous to Madame Clinton.

He was not a threat to her. He apparently enjoyed being there and close to her. So, she was safe.

39 posted on 03/26/2018 8:45:59 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dems are having trouble with their MAMA campaign To (Make America Mexico Again) versus MAGA!)
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To: GregNH

>>So basically what we are learning is that the FBI is directly connected to every mass shooting in this country.

Back in the 90s when the militia movement was at its height, the most vocal people who constantly advocated action were the informants and undercover agents. Most White Supremacist organizations are so heavily infiltrated with agents and informants that you wonder if there are really any members at all. I’m sure that other terrorist organizations are the same. Most arrests for terrorist activities are due to someone trying to buy supplies from an FBI or ATF agent. America would probably be quite safe if the Feds stopped trying to catch “the big fish” by facilitating and supplying all the little fish.


40 posted on 03/26/2018 8:52:34 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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