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May 9, 2019

Maryland Judge Approves Supervised Release for White Nationalist Accused of Terror Plot
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In Maryland, a federal judge ruled Wednesday a Coast Guard lieutenant
accused of stockpiling weapons hoping to kill prominent Democrats and
journalists can be released from jail while he awaits trial. U.S.
Magistrate Judge Charles Day's ruling, if it holds up on appeal, will
allow 50-year-old Christopher Hasson to be supervised by relatives in a
24-hour home detention ahead of his trial on weapons charges.
Prosecutors say Hasson espoused white nationalist views, researched the
addresses of U.S. Supreme Court justices, sought to assassinate
Democratic presidential hopefuls and cable news anchors, and intended to
"murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country."


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