Date: 12-12-2019

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Case Number: 3:17-cr-00169-B

Judge: Jane Boyle

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Errin Martin, Brian kPortugal, Jonathan Glen Bradshaw and Taryn Meeks

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Description: Dallas, TX - The United States of America charge Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim with f conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), one count of attempting to provide material support to an FTO, and six counts of making false statements involving international terrorism to federal authorities.

A 42-year-old Dallas, Texas, man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison following a conviction for multiple terrorism charges.

Following a three-and-a-half day trial, Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim, a 42-year-old United States citizen, was convicted in May of one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), one count of attempting to provide material support to an FTO, and six counts of making false statements involving international terrorism to federal authorities.

“Rahim spread the violent message of ISIS online,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. “He also attempted to travel to support ISIS and then lied to FBI when questioned about his activities. This sentence is the consequence of his criminal activities and a clear message to others who would consider following in his footsteps: don’t.”

“Mr. Rahim embraced a warped ideology on social media, promoting violence against innocent people, including Americans,” said U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the Northern District of Texas. “The Justice Department is committed to combatting terror at home and abroad.”

According to evidence presented at trial, Rahim moderated a social media channel dedicated to recruiting fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, a State Department designated terror group.

Rahim used Zello, a push-to-talk direct messaging application, to promote violence in ISIS’s name, prosecutors said.

Records showed he spent years on Zello’s “State of the Islamic Caliphate” channel, where he touted acts of terror under various monikers:

“Kill and do not consult anyone,” he said in July 2016. “Kill by any means, smash his head on the wall, spit in his face, burn -- I mean anything, anything – poison, anything.”

“Brothers! What are you waiting for?” he said a month later. “Mobilize and perform jihad for the cause of Allah…. Some of the brothers mobilized from this channel, they were amongst us.”

He even praised several terrorist attacks after the fact.

“I was happy for this act,” Rahim said after a truck barreled into a crowd of people in Nice, France, killing 86. “Those dogs.”

Rahim was arrested on March 5, 2017, at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, where he was attempting to board a flight to Amman, Jordan. Asked by agents if he had ever supported ISIS, advocated travel for the purposes of jihad, promoted violence on ISIS’s behalf, or encouraged anyone to kill infidels at the urging of ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnan, Rahim said “no.”

The FBI, the U.S. Department of State – Diplomatic Security Services, and the Joint Terrorism Task Force conducted the investigation.

Charges:

18 U.S.C. § 1001 False Statement to a Federal Agency
(1-6)
18 U.S.C. § 1001: False Statement to a Federal Agency
(1s-6s)
18 U S C § 2339B Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
(1ss)
18 U S C § 2339B Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
(2ss)
18 U S C § 1001 False Statement to a Federal Agency
(3ss-6ss)
18 U.S.C. §§ 2339B and 2: Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization
(7s)
18 U S C § 1001 False Statement to a Federal Agency
(7ss-8ss)

Outcome: 12/06/2019 154 Notice of Filing of Official Electronic Transcript of Testimony of Lorenzo Vidino, Ph.D. Proceedings as to Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim held on 05-01-19 before Judge Jane J. Boyle. Parties are notified of their duty to review and request redaction of the transcript. See Misc Order (MO) 61 and Special Order (SO) 19-1. If the transcript contains information that should be redacted under SO 19-1, contact the Operations Assistance Team at (214)753-2240 immediately. If the transcript contains personal identifiers that must be redacted under MO 61, Fed.R.Civ.P. 5.2 or Fed.R.Crim.P. 49.1, or if the transcript contains the name of a minor child victim or a minor child witness that must be redacted under 18 U.S.C. § 3509, file a Redaction Request - Transcript within 21 days. If no action is taken, the entire transcript will be made available through PACER without redaction after 90 calendar days. The clerk will mail a copy of this notice to parties not electronically noticed. (166 pages) Court Reporter/Transcriber Shawnie Archuleta, Telephone number shawnie505@aol.com. A copy of the transcript may be purchased from the court reporter or viewed at the clerk's office. Redaction Request under SO 19-1, due immediately. Redaction Request due 12/27/2019. Redacted Transcript Deadline set for 1/6/2020. Release of Transcript Restriction set for 3/5/2020. (spa) (Entered: 12/06/2019)

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