But Manhattan Federal Judge Vernon Broderick said in a written opinion on Thursday he didn’t buy the defense’s argument.
“This assertion is pure speculation made without a scintilla of direct factual support,” Broderick wrote.
“Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY,” Trump tweeted in 2017.
Broderick said Saipov’s lawyers didn’t adequately prove that Sessions, “abused his discretion in directing the Government to seek the death penalty.”
“The Attorney General’s decision to seek the death penalty here does not appear inconsistent with other cases in which the death penalty has been sought,” Broderick continued.
Saipov — who’s case heads to trial in October — allegedly carried out the ISIS-inspired attack two Halloweens ago using a rental truck from Home Depot to mow down people on the crowded bike path on the West Side.
A lawyer for Saipov declined to comment.
Source: nypost.com, Priscilla DeGregory, February 14, 2019
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