A convicted Sept. 11th terrorist is begging to be extradited to France because of fears of a second Trump presidency.
Zacarias Moussaoui, a 56-year-old Islamic terrorist who’s serving a life sentence at the Administrative Maximum Facility in Colorado, recently submitted a handwritten letter to a court whining that former President Donald Trump might execute him, according to Legal Insurrection.
“You Honor, as presinding [sic] and sentencing judge your Court sentenced me at life without parole,” the letter reads. “Instead your Honor might concur that there is a possibility if not a probability that if the Ex US President Donald Trump was to be reelected He will sentence me to death by presidential executive order.”
Keep in mind that Trump didn’t sentence him to death during his first term in office.
Moussaoui added that he was warned “by attorney Charles Freeman and Professor Reza that US law permit the US President to sentence to death any federal prisonneer [sic] deem to be a threat to National security.”
That’s ridiculous, according to Cornell Law School Professor William Jacobson, who runs Legal Insurrection.
“No, of course not, but apparently he doesn’t know that!” he told The Washington Times when asked whether a president possesses that sort of power.
Jacobson added he was alerted to Moussaoui’s filing, which the corporate press has been ignoring, by “a reader who lost a family member on 9/11 that Moussaoui had requested a transfer to France, and the reader was concerned that once there he may be released by the French.”
“In the meantime there is the real prospect that the Ex President is reelected and therefore…I want to apply to this Court and the US government to be transfer to France to finish my sentence,” the remainder of Moussaoui’s letter reads.
“I could be transfer to France to serve the rest of my life sentence and before the potential inauguration of Ex President Trump…May your Honor and your Court enter an order as soon as your Court find it appropriate and grant me my…request. Zacarias Moussaoui, 05/13/2024,” it concludes.
The Eastern District of Virginia clerk’s office has since confirmed to Fox News that the letter is real.
Congressional Republicans have responded to the letter by penning a letter of their own to President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding they reject Moussaoui’s request.
On 9/11, our nation was attacked by Islamic terrorists. One of the participating terrorists has requested the @TheJusticeDept to let him return to France.
Joined @SenRickScott in urging the Biden admin to ensure no privileges are given to this thug.https://t.co/l8eSYDcWxO
— Senator Marco Rubio (@SenMarcoRubio) July 26, 2024
“It has come to our attention that Zacarias Moussaoui – the only person to be convicted in a U.S. court for his role in the devastating terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 – has submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Justice to be transferred to his home country of France to serve the remainder of his life sentence,” the letter reads.
“No consideration whatsoever should be given to this convicted terrorist’s preferences for where to serve his sentence for his heinous crimes, and we demand that you swiftly deny his transfer request and force him to spend the remainder of his pathetic life imprisoned in the country he and his fellow terrorists attacked 23 years ago,” it continues.
In a statement to Fox News, letter signer Sen. John Hoeven said that Moussaoui and his co-conspirators “committed a heinous crime against our nation, inflicting damage and grief upon the victims and their families that can never be repaired.”
“The Biden administration must deny this request and ensure he continues to face justice in the U.S.,” he added.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who also signed the letter, likewise said any terrorist involved in the Sept. 11th terror attack should never step foot outside of an American prison.
“Under no circumstances should Zacarias Moussaoui be allowed to serve his sentence in France,” she argued.
Sen. Ted Cruz concurred, telling Fox News that the president should “unequivocally deny this request.”
“Moussaoui committed heinous acts against the United States on September 11 and he should remain imprisoned in the country he attacked,” he continued.
“Moussaoui was originally arrested in August 2001 after suspicions about his attempt to take flight training classes,” according to Fox News. “He also allegedly received $14,000 in a wire transfer from fellow 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin Alshibh, who never made it to the U.S. because his visa application was denied.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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