U.S. Attorney, FBI Director Vow Swift Action in Murder of Ukrainian Refugee, Hint at Death Penalty in Terrorism Case

At a press conference on Tuesday, United States Attorney Russ Ferguson of the Western District of North Carolina firmly denied accusations that the quick federal charging of DeCarlos Brown Jr., the man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, was a political stunt. Brown is charged with violating a federal terrorism statute for the August 22 stabbing on a Charlotte light rail train .

Ferguson was direct and passionate, telling a reporter who asked about politics , “I don’t see how you would see this case as political grandstanding… there’s nothing political about that.” He emphasized that the focus is on a “heinous crime” and that his office moved “quite fa

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