A lawyer for a second man accused of conspiring with an Aurora man to support the Islamic Jihad Union says the case against his client is weak.
, is scheduled to appear in federal court there Tuesday. His case may be transferred to Colorado soon.
The government alleges he sent a $300 check to .
The State Department has designated the IJU as a foreign terrorist organization that has committed attacks on coalition forces.
“I have only read the affidavit and complaint, and it seems kind of thin,” said Jumaev’s attorney, Barnaby Wittels.
But Wittels said he still hasn’t seen everything prosecutors have on his client.
Jumaev, an Uzbek national, was in the country on a visitor visa that expired in October 2007, according to Carl Rusnok, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was arrested in February 2010 by ICE agents and they obtained his cellphone number, which was then tracked by the FBI. No information was available about why he wasn’t deported.
As for Muhtorov, he has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and is due back in .
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