Katelynn Richardson is a reporter with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
One of the “key participants” in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack has been arrested by the FBI, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday.
The suspect Zubayr Al-Bakoush, who landed at Andrews Air Force Base at 3 a.m. on Friday morning, faces charges for murder, terrorism and arson, among others, Bondi said.
“From day one, Kash and Dan would sit in meetings and say, ‘We’re going to get him,’” Bondi said. “And they did.”
The alleged terrorist “will face American justice on American soil,” Bondi said.
“Hillary Clinton famously once said about Benghazi, ‘What difference, at this point, does it make? Well it makes a difference to Donald Trump. It makes a difference to those families,” Bondi continued. “And 14 years later, it makes a difference to law enforcement, who made the difference in this case.”
U.S. Attorney Jeannine Pirro, who will be prosecuting Al-Bakoush, said the suspect was first charged in 2015 in a complaint that remained sealed for 11 years.
“[The eight count indictment] charges Bakoush with the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens, the murder of State Department employee Sean Smith, the attempted murder of State Department Special Agent Scott Wickland and conspiracy to provide materials for terrorists and support that resulted in the death of four Americans, as well as arson at the special mission,” Pirro said.
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