A federal appeals court has thrown out obstruction convictions for a former Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent who gave information to a suspected terrorist with whom she became romantically involved.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in a case involving the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol means the convictions against former agent Leatrice De Bruhl-Daniels must be tossed, according to an Oct. 11 ruling from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit panel.
The three counts brought under the statute charged De Bruhl with obstruction for telling Nadal Diya, a Syrian man suspected of being a terrorist, that he was under investigation by the FBI, that he would be arrested if he went to the United States, and that his business associate was also being investigated….