Trump's tweets may stop New York terror accused from being executed
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Lawyers for the alleged terrorist have said President Donald Trump's tweets calling for the death penalty and skewering Attorney General Jeff Sessions harms Sessions' ability to make an impartial decision on how to handle his case.
The attorneys for Saipov pointed to tweets in the aftermath of the attack in which Trump advocated for a quick execution.
They also point to a tweet deriding Sessions for not thinking of the political implications for his decision to indict two Republican congressman.
They want the judge to either rule out the possibility of the death penalty or appoint an independent prosecutor in the case...
28 Sep 2018, 9:59 pm
