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Who Kidnapped 6 Children to Sudan Was
Detained & Pleads Guilty Khartoum
Crisis Cited
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY EXCLUSIVE,
May 24 - In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on December 5, a detention or
bond proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Valerie
Figueredo on a man whom the
FBI had flown into JFK airport
on December 4 from Saudi
Arabia, after he illegal took
six of his seven children from
the US to Sudan.
Inner City Press
was present, the only media in
the Mag Court as on December 2
(subsequent
live-tweeted thread
(more on Patreon here)
vlog here
The
defendant is Khalid
Alboushari, sealed indictement
and extra on Patreon here;
Inner City Press thread here:
US seeks
detention, on risk of flight
grounds. Says defendant is
from Sudan and beat his ex
wife. There were NYC orders of
protection. He fled with 6 of
their 7 kids.
Federal Defender
will argue for bail.
Alboushri was
arrested in the UAE on
Interpol red notice - but UAE
released him. In Saudi Arabia
they imposed a travel ban.
Then he tried to flee into
Yemen, but was caught, and
turned over to the FBI.
Asst US
Attorney: He wants to return
to Sudan, with which US has no
extradition treaty. He
committed passport fraud - we
intend to supersede. He's a
threat to his ex wife, who is
terrified. He knows where she
lives.
Federal
Defender: There's no
documentation of these death
threats. And why would he try
to flee to Yemen?
Note: Yemen under
the Houthis would not have put
him on a plane with US FBI
agents as Saudi Arabia did. In
exchange for what? Wag
note US State Dept 's
recent pro-MBS legal brief...
Judge: I detain
him... He violated the
conditions imposed on him by
Saudi Arabia. There is also
danger, he knows where they
live.
On December 19,
Alboushari wrote to Judge
Jesse M. Furman to change
lawyers, and was allowed to.
On March 7, 2023 Judge Furman
docketed another letter from
the defendant, asking the
lawyers to be ready to address
it on March 23 (at 3:15 pm).
The letter says
his new lawyer blocks his
calls and will not answer his
emails because he asked who
reached out to him.
On March 17,
Alboushari moved to suppress
his confession, saying that he
was not read his Miranda
warnings before interviews in
the UAE and in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
On April 3, Judge
Furman docketed (but wrote
that he would not consider) a
Trulincs email from Alboushari
alleging "rigging of the
dockets" and what he
characterizes as retaliation
in bringing a new charge,
"Passport Fraud," against him.
It concludes by saying the
only way anything can be
discovered is if you take
steps to contain any public or
media aspects of this."
Then docketed on
May 17, this: "SCHEDULING
ORDER as to Khalid Alboushari:
The Court has been advised
that the Defendant may want to
enter a change of plea. To
that end, the parties shall
appear on May 24, 2023 at
10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 1105
of the Thurgood Marshall
Courthouse, 40 Centre Street,
New York, New York. The Court
had previously scheduled a
suppression hearing for the
same date at 9:30 a.m. If the
plea is accepted, the
suppression hearing obviously
will be canceled."
On May 24, Inner
City Press went to Judge
Furman's courtroom at 9:30 am
- it was locked. Later,
Alboushari came to plead
guilty but couldn't or
wouldn't say that he took the
children to Sudan to deny
their mother her rights. After
a break, he said "Yes," and
the plea was accepted.
He requested an
expedited sentencing, citing
the crisis in Sudan, desire to
see his elderly mother and the
possibility of a time served
sentence. The AUSA disagreed
about the sentence, but agreed
to expedite. It will be August
8 at 10 am.
The case is US v.
Alboushari, 19-cr-17 (Furman)
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