DETROIT (AP) — A judge has ordered a Detroit-area Muslim cleric to answer questions about his finances as the government seeks to collect nearly $250,000 in restitution in a fraud case.
Ahmad Jebril read the Quran while an attorney represented him in federal court Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office asked a judge to intervene after Jebril invoked his right to remain silent more than 200 times during a deposition last August.
U.S. District Chief Judge Gerald Rosen encouraged the government to consider immunity for Jebril. The judge suggests he’ll hold Jebril in contempt of court if he gets immunity but still cites the Fifth Amendment.
Jebril has been out of prison since 2012. Years earlier, the government said Jebril ran a radical, anti-American website that encouraged followers to kill non-Muslims.
- Posted March 27, 2015
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Muslim cleric ordered to answer questions
headlines Macomb
headlines National
- This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Artificial intelligence tools for brief writing and analysis are a small firm litigator’s new best friend
- Baker McKenzie partner drops suit seeking IRS documents on partnership scrutiny
- Family members sue networks after learning of loved ones’ deaths by seeing bodies on TV
- Ex-BigLaw attorney once ‘consumed with remorse’ over $10M client theft sentenced in new scheme