If the only trials you have seen were in movies or TV shows, the pace of this trial may surprise you.
The indictment was submitted in 2004. Closing arguments resume today.
Quoting from ADL:
The trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), a charity long suspected of supporting terrorists by funneling money to Hamas, and seven of its officials, has opened at a federal court in Dallas, Texas. The 42-count indictment, submitted by the U.S. Justice Department in 2004, accuses HLF and its top leaders of a conspiracy to provide aid to a terrorist organization and the families of suicide terrorists. The indictment also charges that HLF provided more than $12.4 million to individuals and organizations linked to Hamas between 1995 and 2001. The group raised a total of $57 million since its incorporation in 1992 but only reported $36.2 million to the IRS, according to the indictment. Two of the defendants were not present at the opening of the trial and are considered fugitives.
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