Widow of Pulse Nightclub Gunman On Trial for Aiding and Abetting

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Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, made a court appearance to face aiding and abetting charges in what ended up being one of the worst mass shootings in American history.

The shooting left 49 dead.

Salman was at home during the attack. But prosecutors say she knew of her husband’s plot and did nothing to stop him.

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The New York Post has more:

The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in June 2016 [went to] trial in federal court starting Thursday on charges including aiding her husband in one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history.

Noor Salman, wife of Omar Mateen, is the only person charged in the attack on the Pulse nightclub and faces up to life in prison if convicted. Mateen, 29, died in an exchange of gunfire with police at the club.

Salman was at home with the couple’s then-3-year-old son at the time of the attack. But prosecutors said she knew of her husband’s plans to launch an attack and did nothing to stop it.

Although she initially denied the accusations, Salman later told federal investigators she knew that her husband was watching Islamic State in Iraq recruitment videos, had purchased an assault rifle and examined three possible attack locations, they said in court documents.

“The defendant aided and abetted her husband in this mass-murder and repeatedly lied to law enforcement during and after the attack in an effort to obstruct the FBI’s ongoing investigation,” they said in a legal filing.

Defense lawyers contend the US government could not show any direct links between Mateen and the Islamic State before the attack and has provided no evidence that Salman aided her husband.

Salman, 31, has been indicted on two charges: obstruction of justice for suspected false statements to federal investigators and aiding and abetting Mateen in his attempt to provide material support to a terrorist organization.

The trial at a federal court in Orlando is set to begin with jury selection Thursday and could take as long as a month, court officials said.

Mateen opened fire shortly after the last call for drinks on the club’s popular Latin night. He gunned down patrons on the dance floor and sprayed bullets at others cowering in bathroom stalls.

Holding hostages during his standoff with police, Mateen claimed allegiance to a leader of the Islamic State militant group before he was fatally shot.

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steelraptor from Saturn
steelraptor from Saturn
6 years ago

Shouldn’t the Left be on trial for aiding and abetting, too? And most conservatives. Since they have all supported the influx of Muslim barbarians to America’s shores.

peakpower
peakpower
6 years ago

I say incarcerate all spouses of jihadi’s. Just because.

RetiredNavyphotog
RetiredNavyphotog
6 years ago
Reply to  peakpower

And destroy their houses.

Suresh
Suresh
6 years ago

Left/liberal gays supported muslim immigration including the gay Anderson from CNN !

Left/Liberals feminists can celebrate this wonderful cultural diversity now at local muslim run restaurants https://tinyurl.com/yc87nbvr …….Pssst …don’t share the article before they experience the cultural diversity !

Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf
6 years ago

obama is on trial for aiding and abetting the Pulse Nightclub jihad, the Fort Hood jihad, the San Bernardino jihads, the Broward County jihad and probably the Las Vegas jihad.
obama is now on trial in the court of public opinion, and his case is growing weaker every day. Soon obama will be on trial in a military tribunal, where he will be hear his sentence.
One neighbor who “saw something and said something” about the Broward jihad told authorities that Cruz “dressed in ISIS gear.”
Trump: “Either we have a country, or we don’t have a country.”
obama: History’s Most Ignominious Traitor.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

She is one that deserves jail, and right behind her should be obimbo.

Trthseeker
Trthseeker
6 years ago

More reason to promote concealed carrier; support the NRA; I am voting that way; JamesMarter4Congress!!!!

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
6 years ago

Finally

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago

The b*tch is lying like a Persian rug. She drove Mateen around on those trips to scout possible target locations and to buy ammo. You don’t sleep with someone for that period of time as she did and remain oblivious to the granular details of their life.

notme123
notme123
6 years ago

Can’t wait to see the verdict. Wouldn’t surprise me if she gets next to nothing. I hope I’m wrong.

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