Attorney David Schwartz Talks About The Justice Department Charging 6 Senior Leaders of Hamas.

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0:00 now to the Israel Hamas warrant today 0:02 the justice department announced charges 0:04 against six senior leaders of Hamas 0:07 Federal prosecutors say they 0:08 orchestrated the murders of dozens of
0:10 Americans in the October 7th attack in 0:13 Israel dick Brennan is here now with the 0:15 details dick well Christine and Maurice 0:17 in the indictment us officials say at 0:19 least 43 American citizens were among 0:21 the approximately 1,200 people killed in 0:24 the October 7th Terror attacks but this 0:27 indictment is sweeping covering crimes 0:28 that go back to the 19 0:30 1990s Federal prosecutors say they're 0:32 holding the masterminds of the October 0:34 7th attacks criminally responsible for 0:37 the deaths of dozens Americans and now 0:39 senior Hamas leaders are facing charges 0:42 for financing and directing a decades 0:45 long campaign to murder American 0:47 citizens and endanger the security of 0:50 the United States this comes after word 0:52 this weekend that Hamas executed six 0:54 hostages including Israeli American HS 0:57 Goldberg Poland his mother spoke at his 0:59 funeral for 23 years I was privileged to 1:03 have the most stunning honor to be 1:05 hersh's 1:07 Mama I'll take it and say thank you I
1:11 just wish it had been for longer this 1:13 case was filed in February but it's 1:15 unsealing now after the death of the six 1:17 hostages is likely not a coincidence 1:20 this was a carefully timed complaint 1:24 certainly it came in conjunction with 1:27 the horrible tragedy that took place 1:29 this weekend including the death the 1:32 murder of one American citizen legal 1:35 expert David Schwarz says while some of 1:36
the defendants are dead and others are 1:39 abroad and in hiding there are 1:40 indications that at least one could 1:42 still be taken in as I read this 1:44 complaint and you have to read between 1:46 the lines I believe the southern 1:48 district is fairly confident they are 1:51 going to bring at least one of these 1:53 defendants to Justice in Israel tonight 1:56 thousands took to the streets demanding 1:58 a ceasefire and the family of
2:00 22-year-old Omar Neutra an Israeli 2:02 American and Long Island native still 2:04 being held believes the protest could 2:06 spur renewed action leading to the 2:08 release of their son we're just hoping 2:10
that this outrage that we see in Israel 2:13 is going to affect the government and 2:15 bian himself to uh to reach that so 2:20 desired deal and get the hostages back 2:22 as we know this is ENT legal experts say 2:25
it's not clear if or when a case could 2:27 be brought in New York that would 2:29 require one of the defendants being 2:30 brought back to the US to face trial 2:33 Christina Maurice thank you dick