Bernie Sanders Just Broke With His Party Over This Trump Policy
Oh, Look Who Donated to Trump's White House Renovation Project
The Press Trips Over Themselves to Defend a Prosecutor, and Trump's Ballroom Project...
Sotomayor's Death Penalty Dissent Does More Harm Than Good
CNN’s Scott Jennings Drops Common Sense Truth Bomb on Geraldo Rivera Over ICE...
Keir Starmer Vows to Protect Britain's Muslim Migrants From the Legitimate Criticisms of...
Jay Jones Isn't Only Problem in His Family, Apparently
President Trump Deploys the Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Caribbean
The New York Knicks Issue Zohran Mamdani a Cease and Desist
This Top Democrat Just Endorsed a Socialist
Kentucky Waste Industry Mogul Promises to 'Take Out the Trash' in Washington DC
Pakistani National Sentenced to 40 Years for Smuggling Cruise Missiles, Warhead
Tennessee Attorney General Files Amicus Brief in US Supreme Court Opposing Birthright Citi...
Airline, Pilot Unions Demand That Democrats Reopen the Federal Government
Michigan Families Face SNAP Delays As Federal Shutdown Hits Day 23
Tipsheet

DOJ, FBI Announce Indictments for ISIS Terrorists Accused of Murdering American Hostages

AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI announced indictments for two British ISIS terrorists, Alexandra Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, belonging to the notorious terrorist group “The Beatles.” The charges are related to alleged involvement in the torture and beheading of four American hostages in Syria: James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig. 

Advertisement

The pair of ISIS pledges also had alleged ties to Mueller’s sexual assault that occurred while she was held hostage. The two men left Britain to join ISIS, and had been held under U.S. military jurisdiction upon being captured in Iraq, and will now face justice on American soil. The British criminal justice system held up information and evidence related to Kotey and Elsheikh, fearing that trial in the United States may result in the death penalty. Attorney General Bill Barr took such a punishment off the table in August, allowing the pair to be prosecuted on U.S. soil in a timely manner.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said that combatting terrorism remains the FBI’s “top priority.”

He committed to getting justice for the American victims and their families, “no matter how long it takes.”

“Today, we remember the victims, Jim Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller, and their families who are forever affected by these senseless acts of violence,” Wray said on Wednesday. “These families have suffered with the painful loss of their loved ones at the hands of brutal killers; today's charges demonstrate the FBI's dedication and commitment to giving them the justice they deserve. We, along with our partners in the U.S. Government, remain steadfast in our duty to bring to justice those who have harmed our citizens — no matter where they are, and no matter how long it takes.”

Advertisement

The two men will face trial in the United States, expected to begin on Wednesday afternoon.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement