Defense attorney George Chaney asked for a two-year sentence and five years of supervision afterward in a court filing last month. Online recruitment of young people to join Islamic State has been an ongoing issue and concern for authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere. Those extremists "exploited his fragile mental state and corrupted his desire to serve Islam in a heroic way," Chaney said. In the aftermath, Daniels relayed news of the attack to an undercover informant "in an approving fashion," prosecutors said in a May 29 court filing. Federal prosecutors acknowledge Daniels' mental health problems, although they say there's also evidence that Daniels is exaggerating his psychological problems.

Source: Fox News June 03, 2018 12:40 UTC