(AP) A Maryland man accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., intended to kill as many “disbelievers” as possible, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday before a judge ordered the man detained without bond.
But a defense attorney urged the court to be skeptical of authorities’ claims about 28-year-old Rondell Henry, a naturalized U.S. citizen who moved here from [Trinidad] and Tobago about 11 years ago.
Federal public defender Michael CitaraManis argued that the government “is trying to fit certain facts into their narrative” that Henry intended to carry out a terrorist attack last month at the National Harbor, a popular waterfront destination just outside the nation’s capital.
