Overview

• The unsealed indictment accuses Soliman of nine violations under 18 U.S.C. § 249 and three counts under 18 U.S.C. § 844(h).
• Investigators found a handwritten document in Soliman’s vehicle denouncing Zionism as an enemy until Jerusalem is liberated and calling Israel a “cancer entity.”
• Federal authorities allege Soliman carried a backpack sprayer of flammable liquid and at least 18 homemade firebombs to the courthouse lawn before the June 1 attack.
• ICE has detained Soliman’s wife and five children since June 3, with a temporary restraining order blocking their deportation.
• A judge confirmed probable cause for the federal hate crime trial on June 18 and Soliman is due back in court on June 27.