It is not clear to what charges Sayoc will plead guilty, and such agreements can collapse before they are finalized in court.
By Matt Zapotosky Matt Zapotosky National security reporter covering the Justice Department Email Bio Follow March 15 at 4:00 PM Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man accused of mailing possible package bombs to prominent critics of President Trump across the country, is likely to plead guilty to federal charges next week, a court docket entry suggests.
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment beyond confirming the publicly available court record. Sayoc’s defense attorney did not return a message. Sayoc, 56, who had been living in a van in Aventura, Fla., was charged in November in a 30-count indictment with, among other things, using a weapon of mass destruction, illegal mailing of explosives and threatening interstate communications. He faces possible life in prison, if convicted.
Cesar Sayoc. The mailers sparked fear across the country when they were discovered in October — with liberals and conservatives both accusing the other side of increasing the political rancor to dangerous levels. The devices that were found seemed to represent a fraction of what authorities said Sayoc planned to send.
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