here s another. so we believe another attorney is at the mike. harlan pro us the p-r-o-t-a-s-s. i recommend azamat . dias kadyrbayev denies the charges. as we ve said from the very beginning, he assisted the fbi in this investigation. he is just as shocked and horrified by the violence in boston that took place as the rest of the community is. he did not know that this individual was involved in the bombing. his first inkling came much later. the government allegations as far as that he saw a photo and recognized him immediately, we dispute. and we ll be looking forward to proving our case in court. mr. kadyrbayev and his family are very sorry for what happened here in boston. and he did not have anything to do with it.
and we can t as president obama has been saying, there should be no trade-off between our security and our democracy. indeed. thank you, ambassador. let s go back to michael isikoff. michael, i understand you have some new information. reporter: right, martin. we ve just gotten a report on that initial court appearance for these three men that just took place before judge baller at the moakley courthouse in boston. the two kazakh students, kadyrbayev and tazhayakov made a separate appearance. they were advised of the charges against them. told they were charged with willfully conspireing to obstruct a federal terrorism investigation, faced a maximum penalty of five years in prison, three years monitoring, and their lawyers indicated their clients would submit to voluntary detention. judge baller set a date of may 14th for their initial court hearing. they were remanded to custody of the u.s. marshals. then there was a separate
to be clear, he did not take the knapp sack and bring it to the dump and dump the fireworks in the knapsack? we are not saying that. mr. kadyrbayev told the fbi about that. he did not know those items were involved in a bombing or of any interest in a bombing or any evidential value. that s all we have to say on that. but we are the ones, mr. dias kadyrbayev, cooperated all law enforcement without the benefit of counsel to assist them in their investigation of this horrible tragedy. did they know tsarnaev knew how to make bombs? did he also know the gun powder or powder that was in the fireworks and vaseline could also be used for bomb making as the affidavit states? no. i can only stick with what s happened. i won t speculate. what about the text from
to impede, obstruct and influence the criminal investigation of the marathon bombings. the court released this photo of the contents of the backpack s contents, including fireworks emptied of their powder. the two primary suspects, die yas kadyrbayev and azamat are seen in this photo with dzhokhar in times square. according to chilling details in the complaint, on the day that the bombing suspects photos were released to the public, quote, kadyrbayev then texted tsarnaev and told him that he looked like the suspect on television. tsarnaev s return text contained, lol, and other things kadyrbayev interpreted as jokes. such as you better not text me. and come to my room and take whatever you want. further reading reveals a footnote from one of the other pals turned suspects.
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