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After inviting a Hizbollah leader to his inauguration, appointing Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood leaders to be the Ambassador to Kuwait and the U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles, and cutting deals with the leading supporters of global terrorism – Qatar and Saudi Arabia – most of us thought things could not get worse in the Trump Administration.
Alas, we were wrong.
It appears key people inside the Trump Administration are intentionally bringing terrorists into the White House to undermine U.S. national security.
Friday evening – May 16th – the Trump Administration announced the new names for the advisory board for the Commission on Religious Liberty. Included among the names of individuals to serve on the “Advisory Board of Lay Leaders” were Ismail Royer and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.
Hamza Yusuf is an Islamic scholar, a Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood leader, and a supporter of Al Qaeda & Hamas terrorists.
Randall Todd “Ismail” Royer is a terrorist. A real terrorist.
As an FBI agent, my squad at the Washington Field Office worked a case which came to be known as the “Virginia Jihad Network” which included a group of jihadis/Islamic terrorists who trained with paintball guns in preparation for going overseas to fight “Holy War” for the Islamic cause.
Ismail Royer played a prominent role in the case.
In fact, Royer was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in this case. Here are some of the highlights from the Statement of Facts:
* Royer assisted (co-conspirators) in gaining entry to a jihad camp run by (designated Foreign Terrorist Organization) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET).
* In the mid 1990’s Royer went to Bosnia to fight with his brother muslims against non-muslim forces. He completed a 6-week jihadi training and fought with the mujahadeen in battles.
* He trained at LET jihadi camps, helped LET in a variety of ways off the battlefield, and supported their cause.
* Royer participated in firing on Indian positions in Kashmir.
* When Royer returned to the United States he continued to take actions to help the designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, including recruiting others to fight for them.
In the April 9, 2004 Department of Justice press release regarding Royer’s sentencing, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft stated, “Today’s sentences demonstrate the severe penalties for aiding terrorist causes…We will not allow terrorist groups to exploit America’s freedoms to pursue their deadly goals.”
Royer pled guilty to lesser charges, but “admitted to aiding and abetting co-defendants Masoud Khan, Yong Ki Kwon, Muhammed Aatique and Khwaja Mahmoud Hasan in gaining entry to a terrorist training camp in Pakistan operated by Lashkar-e-Taiba.”
Royer was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ended up serving the majority of that time.
It’s worth noting, Royer worked for U.S. Hamas doing business as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR).
This is the guy the Trump Administration appointed to sit on the advisory board for the U.S. Commission on Religious Liberty.
Trump’s recent words and deeds with respect to Islam and the Middle East have been mystifying, at best. Hard to say how much is the result of ignorance, naivetee (variation of ignorance), and/or bad people having his ear. It has been nothing short of shocking and disgusting to watch this unfold. Never in a million years would I have imagined this from Trump, but here we are with no apparent end in sight. I hope FPM readers are calling elected officials and sounding the alarm, though the cynic in me doubts it will matter. Thank you for this article. Yet another disaster to add to the list of recent blunders that are steering the ship in the wrong direction, putting our country at risk and in a weak position, while elevating forces that should be marginalized (at best) or outright destroyed.
The usual ain’t it.
“serving a majority of the time” How much?
Trump got by with many stupid personal decisions during his first term by people saying that he did not understand DC politics. Unfortunately, either he is too dumb to learn, too lazy to check or does not give a damn. We can only hope that his successor does a better job of swamp draining.
How do we get this article into the hands of Donald Trump jr. or someone close enough to President Trump that he will listen to and take seriously?