Federal Judge SLAMS FBI for "Invented Conspiracy," Releases Final "Newburgh Four" Prisoner

U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon on Friday granted James Cromitie, 58, compassionate release from prison six months after she ordered the release of his three co-defendants, known as the "Newburgh Four," for similar reasons after one of the prisoners provided evidence of being "framed" by the US Government.

In a scathing ruling, McMahon wrote that the FBI invented the conspiracy and identified the targets. Cromitie and his co-defendants, she wrote, “would not have, and could not have, devised on their own a crime involving missiles that would have warranted the 25-year sentence the court was forced to impose."

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