A Missouri man was sentenced to 19 years behind bars for attempting to assist the Islamic State in attacking the United States.
Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr., 28, was sentenced Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in September 2019. He believed he was attempting to provide material support to the terrorist organization from October 2016 to February 2017 but was actually communicating with undercover FBI agents.
"Law enforcement engaged Hester to see if he was truly committed to an act of terrorism, and his responses left no doubt that he was," the Department of Justice said.
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Part of me says 19 years is nothing for that sort of crime. Part of me also realized that the CIA/FBI love to find mentally unstable people and set them up so they can make an arrest and justify their bloated budgets and unconstitutional activities. This guy could probably barely manage to do his own laundry let alone organize a terror attack on his own.
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