Overview

• Rodriguez entered the plea at his federal arraignment on a nine-count indictment that includes first-degree murder, murder of a foreign official, and a hate crime resulting in death.
• U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss designated the prosecution complex after prosecutors reported turning over more than 1.5 million pages of evidence and large data files, with more to come.
• The defense requested a jury trial, and the court set a joint status report deadline of Dec. 5 as both sides continue reviewing discovery.
• The indictment includes special findings that allow the Justice Department to consider seeking the death penalty, a decision prosecutors said remains under review.
• Prosecutors allege the attack was motivated by anti-Israel animus, citing on-scene statements such as “I did it for Palestine” and a manifesto, as well as evidence that he flew from Chicago with a handgun and bought a ticket to the museum event.