Freedom of Information Request sent to DOJ regarding Mahmoud Khalil, organizer of the pro-Hamas demonstration at Columbia University
Posted on | March 11, 2025 | 2 Comments
Dr. Orly Taitz, ESQ
President of Defend Our Freedoms Foundation
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FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit
Department of Justice
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Washington, DC 20530-0001
Phone: (202) 616-3837
E-mail: MRUFOIA.Requests@usdoj.gov
REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION UNDER 5 §552 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
Current Freedom of Information act request is made regarding am ICE detainee Mahmoud Khalil.
The Antiterrorism Act 18 U.S.C. § 2339B makes it unlawful, within the United States, or for any person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States anywhere, to knowingly provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization that has been designated by the Secretary of State.
Algerian/Palestinian ICE detainee Mahmoud Khalil was arrested on Saturday, 03.08.2025, upon revocation of his Green Card with deportation orders. He is reportedly currently housed in Louisiana ICE facility and is challenging his deportation orders before US District Court judge Jesse M. Furman in New York. Detention hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, 03.12.2025.
Khalil was an organizer and negotiator of a demonstration at Columbia University Barnard College in favor of a terrorist organization Hamas, where masked Hamas sympathizers were intimidating Jewish students and disrupting university activities and were carrying leaflets and portraits of Hamas leaders, including but not limited to, portraits of Yahia Sinwar, Hamas leader who masterminded slaughter of 1200 people in Israel on 10.07.2023, including multiple American citizens, as well as kidnapping of 251 individuals, including Americans. An American Idan Alexander is still held hostage by Hamas. Hamas also keeps bodies of a number of American citizens they killed.
Hamas is designated by the US Department of State as a terrorist organization. Actions by Mahmoud Khalil clearly represent “providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization” warranting criminal charges under 18 USC §2339B.
Currently, by and through his attorneys, Khalil is challenging his deportation orders and revocation of his Green Card due to the fact that he was not charged with any crime.
There is an intense public interest in whether the Department of Justice is actually fulfilling its duty in protecting the public and filing criminal charges against individuals providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations. To this extent the public is seeking any and all information and documentation showing indictment or charges being filed against ICE deportation detainee Mahmoud Khalil. Due to the urgency of the matter and keen public interest expedited handling of the request is warranted. As such, I am requesting any and all documents showing whether Khalil is a target of a criminal investigation and whether there is an indictment or charges against aforementioned Mahmoud Khalil to be provided on an expedited basis.
Respectfully,
/s/ Dr. Orly Taitz, ESQ
03.11.2025
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March 11th, 2025 @ 4:05 am
His green card wasn’t revoked.
March 11th, 2025 @ 3:26 pm
it was revoked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio