Four Michigan Defendants Win Bond in Anti-Israel Threat Case Carrying Up to 20 Years
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 13
Four Michigan Defendants Win Bond in Anti-Israel Threat Case Carrying Up to 20 Years
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 13
Summary
Four defendants — Zainab Hakim, Paige Feyock, Jonathan Zou and Colin Weger — pleaded not guilty Friday and were released on bond in the federal University of Michigan anti-Israel threat case.
Judge Anthony Patti imposed passport surrender, GPS monitoring, travel limits and no-contact orders after prosecutors argued they posed flight and public-safety risks, while the court also weighed free-speech concerns tied to social media evidence.
Eight people in total are charged with a campaign to intimidate university leaders, Jewish groups and officials over Michigan's refusal to divest from Israel, including spray-painted threats, broken windows, blocked entryways and jars allegedly thrown into homes.
Hakim and Feyock face the most serious count, witness intimidation, which carries up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine; another defendant, Ahmet Korkaya, is due at a detention hearing Tuesday, and Alexander Sepulveda has a bond hearing Monday.