Court Case

USA v. Hasson, Christopher Paul

February 2019 (Updated October 3, 2019)
Silver Spring, MD
Homegrown

[DMD] Christopher Paul Hasson, a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant, was arrested on charges of illegal gun possession after authorities found more than a dozen firearms, ammunition and a hit list of Democratic lawmakers, activists and media personalities in his Maryland home. The government said Hasson had been stockpiling weapons since at least 2017 and recently developed a spreadsheet of targets that included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other prominent Democratic officials, journalists and pundits. The list also included Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), to whom Hasson referred as "Sen blumen jew," and former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. Hasson pleaded guilty on Oct. 3 to four federal charges, including unlawful possession of unregistered silencers, unlawful possession of firearm silencers unidentified by serial number, possession of firearms by an addict to and unlawful user of a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance.

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2019-10-03 | US Coast Guard Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges of Illegal Possession of Firearms and Firearm Silencers

Christopher Paul Hasson, age 50, of Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Maryland to four federal charges, including unlawful possession of unregistered silencers, unlawful possession of firearm silencers unidentified by serial number, possession of firearms by an addict to and unlawful user of a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance. Hasson, a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant, was arrested in February on charges of illegal gun possession after authorities found more than a dozen firearms, ammunition and a hit list of Democratic lawmakers, activists and media personalities in his Maryland home. The government said Hasson had been stockpiling weapons since at least 2017 and recently developed a spreadsheet of targets that included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other prominent Democratic officials, journalists and pundits. The list also included Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.), to whom Hasson referred as "Sen blumen jew," and former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

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