Court Case

USA v. Al-Imam, Mustafa

October 2017 (Updated January 23, 2020)

[DDC] Mustafa Al-Imam, a Libyan national, was charged for his alleged participation in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Special Mission and Annex in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the deaths of four Americans. The complaint was unsealed on Oct. 30, 2017. Al-Imam was sentenced to 19 years and four months in prison for his role in the attack.

Case Updates

2020-01-23 | Mustafa Al-Imam Sentenced to 19 Years and Six Months in Prison for September 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, Libya

Mustafa al-Imam, a 47-year-old Libyan national, was sentenced on Jan. 23 to 19 years and six months in prison on federal terrorism charges and other offenses stemming from the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. Special Mission and CIA Annex in Benghazi, Libya. Al-Imam was captured in Libya on Oct. 29, 2017, and brought to the United States to face trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was found guilty by a jury on June 13, 2019, following a six-week trial, of one count of conspiracy to provide material support or resources to terrorists and one count of maliciously destroying and injuring dwellings and property, and placing lives in jeopardy within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.

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