by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY MAG COURT EXCLUSIVE, Oct 28 – A young man charged with assault, the Assistant US Attorney said on Jews, was ordered free on $150,000 bond on May 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrates Court. Inner City Press was the only media there in the Mag Court for the first appearance and live tweeted
Letter was due Friday at noon.
On May 21 Judge Richard M. Berman ordered him detained, noting that "the total cash recovered from the Defendant is $750,062.06" and he traveled to the West Bank and Jordan for three weeks in September and October 2024.
On June 11 Inner City Press was in the courtroom when Bazrouk pleaded guilty; the plea deal estimates his sentencing guideline at 12 to 18 months.
On October 14 defense counsel asked for a sentence of six months imprisonment - already served, so time served? It is not phrased that way in the memo, but it does say it "mitigates against an additional term of imprisonment."
Late on October 21- actually, early October 22 - the US Attorney's Office wrote in asking for "at least 36 month" - three years.
Late on October 27 the Federal Defender wrote in to say that would be too much, citing cases such as the Pryor Cashman lawyer who threw a Molotov cocktail at an NYPD vehicle and got a year and a day. There are NYS cases in 100 Centre Street that Inner City Press is covering that they might have cited...
On October 28, with its SDNY books being banned by Amazon, Inner City Press live tweeted the sentencing from 11 am to past 1:30 pm, culminating with Judge Berman saying he intends to sentence Bazrouk to 17 months.
More detail on X for Subscribers here and Substack here
The case is USA v. Bazrouk, 1:25-cr-203 (Berman)
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