Coast Guard judge accused of "national terrorist" should not be detained before trial, judge says

The charges against a Coast Guard lieutenant who, according to investigators, espoused white nationalist views and assembled a comprehensive list of prominent Democrat politicians and media personalities do not justify his pre-trial detention, he said. announced Thursday a federal magistrate.

Judge Charles Day, US investigating judge, ordered a detention hearing at the end of which the defense team of Christopher Hasson will be required to propose appropriate release conditions. The judge said he was "gravely concerned" by Hasson and warned that "it should be subject to a lot of surveillance". Federal prosecutors announced Thursday night that they would challenge all release conditions sought by the Hasson defense team in order to keep him in custody.

"At present, Mr. Hasson remains in detention pending further proceedings," Marcy Murphy, a spokesman for the US Attorney's Office, said in a statement, adding, "If Judge Day orders the release of defendant, the government intends to appeal this release to the US District Judge in charge of the case, on the basis of the danger that the accused represents for society. "

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Hasson, 50, was arrested on February 15 in the car park of the Coast Guard headquarters in Washington. He pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawful possession of mufflers, possession of firearms by an addict and an unlawful user, and possession of the opioid analgesic tramadol.

After a bail hearing a few days after Hasson's arrest, Day agreed to keep the accused in custody but said he was willing to reconsider his decision if the prosecutors did not wear a suit. more serious indictments within two weeks. Hasson's lawyer, Liz Oyer, wrote in a document filed in court last week that prosecutors had recently revealed that they were not expecting additional lawsuits.

Prosecutors have described Hasson in court documents as a "national terrorist" who "intends to kill innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country". According to a court record, Hasson compiled a spreadsheet of so-called "traitors" that he subdivided into three categories: A, B, and C. The so-called "class A" traitors included Democratic Meaning. Chuck Schumer of New York, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut (bearing the initials "Sen blumen jew"), Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts (called "poca warren"), Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris from California.

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., Representative Maxine Waters, D-Calif., MSNBC Personalities, Joe Scarborough, Chris Hayes and Ari Melber, also included in "Category A". as well as CNN's host, Don Lemon. The names on the "Category B" list included representative Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, CNN personalities, Chris Cuomo and Van Jones, and the Socialist Democrats of America.

At a hearing in February, prosecutor Jennifer Sykes announced that Hasson would connect to his government's computer during work and spend hours searching for information on people such as Unabomber, the shooter. Virginia Tech and the anti-abortion bomber Eric Rudolph. Hasson also reportedly did research on Google, including "most Liberal senators," "the best place to see the congressists" and "the civil war in case of breach of the reach".

The prosecutors' request for remand also included excerpts from email drafts in which Hasson wrote that he "dreamed of a way to kill almost every person on the planet". In a separate draft letter to a neo-Nazi leader, prosecutors said Hasson "has identified himself as a white nationalist for more than 30 years and has pleaded for a" targeted violence "in order to establish a white homeland ".

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Investigators also found and released 15 firearms, including seven rifles, and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition in Hasson's basement apartment in Silver Spring, Maryland, prosecutors said.

Hasson risked up to 31 years in prison when he was convicted of all charges. No trial date has been set.

Bill Mears of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.