Terror Suspect Brought to U.S. for Trial, Breaking From Trump Rhetoric
By REBECCA R. RUIZ, ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZOJULY 21, 2017
PHILADELPHIA — The Trump administration has brought a Qaeda suspect to the United States to face trial in federal court, backing off its hard-line position
that terrorism suspects should be sent to the naval prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, rather than to civilian courtrooms.
The suspect, Ali Charaf Damache, was transferred from Spain
and appeared on Friday in federal court in Philadelphia, making him the first foreigner brought to the United States to face terrorism charges under President Trump.
The 2011 indictment of Ali Charaf Damache, who was brought to the United States to face prosecution federal court in Philadelphia.
agents have tried to make the case inside the Justice Department for using civilian courts, arguing
that the Trump administration’s rigid stance made it hard to bring terrorists to justice.
Obama said that It’s good to see that the president
and the attorney general now seem to share my belief in the effectiveness of the world’s greatest judicial system and its ability to keep the American people safe,
Sessions had changed his views on civilian trials or why Mr. Damache was being brought to federal court.
