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DOJ announces alleged leader of Benghazi terror attack arrested and in FBI custody
FOX News ^ | 2/6/2026 | Rachel Wolf , David Spunt

Posted on 02/06/2026 7:26:38 AM PST by subterfuge

The U.S. has arrested Zubayr Al-Bakoush, alleged to be one of the leaders of the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the arrest on Friday. Bondi said that Al-Bakoush was charged with charges of murder, terror and arson, all related to the 2012 attack.

"Zubayr Al-Bakoush will now face American justice on American soil. We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law," Bondi said on Friday. "Let this case serve as a reminder: If you commit a crime against the American people anywhere in this world, President Trump's Justice Department will find you. It might not happen overnight, but it will happen. You can run, but you cannot hide."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; corruption; news

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Breaking news. Not many details yet. Now do Hillary!
1 posted on 02/06/2026 7:26:38 AM PST by subterfuge
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To: subterfuge

“Patel said that Al-Bakoush was arrested “overseas,” but did not give details on the exact location where the alleged terrorist was apprehended.

This is a developing story. Please check back for details.”

No other details available. Nothing else to the article, fyi.


2 posted on 02/06/2026 7:29:23 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: subterfuge

Hillary will be called as a witness for the defense, since she told everyone the violence was caused by an anti-muslim video produced in America.

She even told this to a dead victim’s mother in front of her son’s casket at Andrews.


3 posted on 02/06/2026 7:34:05 AM PST by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: subterfuge

Happened in 2012. Didn’t stop the Kenyan from being reelected.


4 posted on 02/06/2026 7:34:42 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: subterfuge

Was he still mad about that movie after all this time or had he settled down about it?


5 posted on 02/06/2026 7:35:57 AM PST by nitzy (I don’t trust good looking country singers or fat doctors.)
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To: silverleaf

“””Hillary will be called as a witness for the defense,””

It will be a good day when she turns into worm food. She is straight up evil.


6 posted on 02/06/2026 7:37:03 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: subterfuge

My 1st thought was Hillary Clinton. My 2nd thought was hang the bitch.


7 posted on 02/06/2026 7:38:56 AM PST by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOB)
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The biggest shock is that Bondi issued a press release when she actually caught someone, not about what she was going to do in the future.


8 posted on 02/06/2026 7:43:16 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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Another stupid prosecution that will take years. Even if sentenced to death, he'll die of old age waiting for the court (not law) required appeals process to run out. How many objections will be raised against evidence obtained covertly or even the whole arrest?

He should be put before a military tribunal and shot. Anything else is an injustice and a waste of time.

9 posted on 02/06/2026 7:52:22 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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Certainly a dangerous perp to give testimony on what was the activity and purpose of the Benghazi weapons distribution warehouses and the cash disbursement offices.

Put him in a jail cell with Sid Blumenthal.

10 posted on 02/06/2026 7:54:15 AM PST by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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“My 1st thought was Hillary Clinton.”

She will probably take credit for his arrest.

11 posted on 02/06/2026 7:56:14 AM PST by jeffersondem
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Justice? It was war. (Whether our ‘betters’ have declared one, or realized it.) If you caught him and he doesn’t have actionable or otherwise valuable intelligence, shoot him. (After wrapping him in a pigskin.)


12 posted on 02/06/2026 8:04:02 AM PST by curious7
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To: subterfuge

Thank you, Pam Bondi, No one can name a better AG in history. The best of the best. Trump did the best by getting you on board.


13 posted on 02/06/2026 8:06:27 AM PST by factmart ( )
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Maybe we should insist all his food be cooked in bacon fat while he is in prison.


14 posted on 02/06/2026 8:17:19 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: subterfuge

This just in: Hillary Clinton issued a statement: “What difference at this point does it make?!”


15 posted on 02/06/2026 9:10:01 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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