Stunning a courtroom full of prosecutors who had pushed for life in prison, a federal judge handed a 22-year sentence Wednesday to a Libyan man who helped attack the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi.
Read moreAhmed Abu Khatallah was acquitted on charges that he directed the 2012 Benghazi attacks, but a federal judge found Wednesday that the Libyan must still face sentencing enhancements for lesser charges.
Read moreA federal judge refused to throw out a Libyan man’s conspiracy convictions related to the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks.
Read moreFederal prosecutors pushed a federal judge Monday to apply sentencing enhancements when determining the fate of Ahmed Abu Khatallah for his role in the 2012 Benghazi attacks.
Read moreA federal jury found Ahmed Abu Khatallah guilty on Tuesday of terrorism charges connected to a pair of attacks in Benghazi that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Read moreA federal judge ruled that allowing a videotaped pretrial deposition as evidence in the trial of the accused mastermind of the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, will not violate his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation.
Read moreShielding their identities with light disguises, CIA agents testified behind closed doors Tuesday about a fatal 2012 mortar attack on their facility in Benghazi, Libya.
Read moreA high-ranking diplomatic security officer testified in a criminal trial Thursday about what he saw five years ago when attackers overran the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, killing Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
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An upcoming trial of the man accused of masterminding the 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, will feature testimony from co-conspirators, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Read moreA federal judge refused Wednesday to suppress the FBI’s interview of a man it says masterminded the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.
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Seven days of pretrial hearings wrapped Thursday in the government’s case against the suspected ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Read moreWitnesses began painting a picture Wednesday of what transpired during the capture of the suspected mastermind of the deadly attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, contradicting assertions he was mistreated during and after his arrest.
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