Mustafa al-Imam, who was convicted of terrorism charges and other offenses in June 2019 after a six-week trial, was sentenced to 19 years and six months in prison by a US District Court judge. US ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans died in the September 11, 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi and the CIA annex there. “Imam played an important role in the terrorist attack that destroyed the US mission and the CIA annex in Benghazi,” US attorney Jessie Liu said in a statement. Khattala was sentenced to 22 years in prison in June 2018 for his role in the Benghazi attack. Clinton was never convincingly tagged with wrongdoing or negligence, but the issue haunted her failed 2016 presidential campaign.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 25, 2020 17:37 UTC