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October 31, 2018

Kansas Men Convicted of Anti-Muslim Terror Plot Influenced by Trump
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Meanwhile, attorneys representing three Kansas men convicted of a 2016
plot to bomb a mosque and murder Somali Muslim refugees are arguing that
Trump's hate-filled rhetoric should be taken into account and result in
a more lenient sentencing. The lawyers say that their clients, who face
life sentences, were supporters of then-candidate Trump. In a court
filing, the lawyers write, "The court cannot ignore the circumstances of
one of the most rhetorically mold-breaking, violent, awful, hateful and
contentious presidential elections in modern history, driven in large
measure by the rhetorical China shop bull who is now our president."


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