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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Apr 30, 2014, 11:31 AM Apr 2014

Plea Deal Could Result In Freedom For Man Charged In New York Terror Plot

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Federal prosecutors revealed Tuesday that they are offering a plea deal that could result in freedom for a Tunisian man, who last year was accused of plotting to build a U.S.-based terrorism cell and radicalizing a Canadian man charged in a train derailment plot.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Ferrara announced the offer in U.S. District Court in Manhattan at a pre-trial hearing for Ahmed Abassi.

The plea would be to charges of making false statements and possessing an identification document with intent to defraud the United States. Abassi has pleaded not guilty. The false statements charge carries a maximum of five years in prison while the other charge, a misdemeanor, carries a potential sentence of up to one year in prison.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/04/29/plea-deal-could-result-in-freedom-for-man-charged-in-new-york-terror-plot/

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