Judge to weigh freeing Coast Guard officer called terrorist

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GREENBELT, Md. — A federal magistrate judge may decide Tuesday whether to order the release of a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling weapons and drafting a hit list of prominent Democrats and network TV journalists.

Prosecutors have portrayed 50-year-old Christopher Hasson as a domestic terrorist and a racist extremist intent on carrying out a killing spree. Hasson's attorney says prosecutors haven't filed terrorism-related charges because they haven't found any evidence to back up those allegations.

Now the court must decide if Hasson can be freed. Defense attorney Liz Oyer has proposed several pretrial release options for U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles Day to consider during Hasson's latest detention hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Day said during a hearing last month that Hasson is entitled to be freed pending trial on firearms and drug charges. But the magistrate didn't immediately order Hasson's release.

Federal prosecutors oppose Hasson's release under any conditions and plan to appeal if Day does order him freed. An appeal could keep Hasson detained pending a district court judge's review of the matter.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-to-weigh-freeing-coast-guard-officer-called-terrorist/ar-AAB0tQH?li=BBnb7Kz

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