Tnuza Hassan Indictment

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA

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INDICTMENT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

U.S.C. $ 844(i) 18 U.S.C. $ 1001 18 U.S.C. $ 233e8(a)(1)

Plaintiff,

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TNUZA JAMAL HASSAN, Defendant

TIIE UNITED STATES GRAND ruRY CHARGES THAT: At all times material to this Indictment On or about October 8, 1999, the United States Secretary of State designated alQa'ida, also known as al Qaeda, as aForeign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 2I9 of thelmmigration andNationality Act and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist

entity under section 1(b) of Executive order 13224. To date, al-Qa'ida remains

a

designated foreign terrorist organization.

COUNT

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(Attempting to Provide Material Support to Designate d Forei gn Terrorist Or ganrzation) On or about September Ig,2017, within the State and District of Minnesota, and elsewhere, the defendant,

TNUZA JAMAL HASSAN, did knowingly attempt to provide material support and resources, as that term is defined in

Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339AOX1), namely personnel, to a foreign terrorist organization, namely, al-Qa'ida, knowing that

it

was a designated f, FEB 0

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organization and that the organization had engaged and was engaging in terrorist activity and terrorism; all in violation of

Title 18, United States Code, Section 23398(a)(1).

COI]NT 2 (False Statement) On or about September 22, 20t7 , within the State and Dishict of Minnesota and the jurisdiction

in a matter within

elsewhere,

of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

("FBI"), an agency of the United States, and in an offense involving international terrorism, I

the defendant.

TNUZA JAMAL HASSAN did knowingly and willfully make a false, fraudulent, and fictitious material statement and

representation 1001(aX2)

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to FBI

agents,

in violation of Title 18, United

States Code, Section

thatis, when asked whether she authored and delivered a letter to two fellow

students at St. Catherine University

in St. Paul, Minnesota, on or about March 27,2017,

that sought to encourage her fellow students to 'Join the jihad in fighting" and Qaeda, Taliban, or

Al Shabaab,"

the defendant)stated

it;

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rh" did not write the letter, (2)

she did not know who wrote the letter, and (3) did not know how the letter came to be

delivered to her fellow students, #hen in fact, defendant HASSAN well knew that she did

write and deliver the letter to her fellow students.

All in violation of Title

18, United States Code, Section 1001.

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COI]NT 3 (Arson) On or about January 17,20I8,in the State and District of Minnesota, the defendant,

TNUZA JANTAL HASSAN, did maliciously attempt to damage and destroy, by means of fire, St. Mary Hall, abuilding used in and affecting interstate and foreign commerce.

A11in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(i).

A TRUE BILL

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

FOREPERSON