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Documents: Bombing Suspect Cesar Sayoc Pleads Guilty

Lev Sugarman
Friday, March 22, 2019, 11:04 AM

Cesar Altieri Sayoc, arrested in October 2018 in connection with the mailing of 16 pipe bombs to 13 former government officials and prominent Democrats, pleaded guilty on Thursday to 65 felony counts in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Sayoc was charged by the Manhattan U.S.

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Cesar Altieri Sayoc, arrested in October 2018 in connection with the mailing of 16 pipe bombs to 13 former government officials and prominent Democrats, pleaded guilty on Thursday to 65 felony counts in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Sayoc was charged by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office with 16 counts each of using weapons of mass destruction, interstate transportation of an explosive device, conveying a threat in interstate commerce and illegal mailing of explosives, along with one count of carrying an explosive during a commission of a felony. The 65-count superseding information and waiver of indictment are available in full below.


Lev Sugarman is an intern at Lawfare and a research intern at the Brookings Institution focusing on national security law. He is a senior in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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