The two men who allegedly posed as federal agents while 'lavishing gifts' on Secret Service agents assigned to the White House pose a 'risk to national security' and should be held without bail pending trial, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Prosecutors argued that Taherzadeh and Ali are both flight risks and pose "a danger to the community based on their use and possession of firearms and other weaponry.”
Taherzadeh told investigators that Ali “funded most of their day-to-day operations but Taherzadeh did not know the source of the funds," according to the memo. The landlord was granted a $222,000 default judgment against United States Special Police in February. It’s unclear if the judgment was paid. A lawyer for the building did not immediately respond to a request for comment.At Friday's detention hearing, Rothstein said he believed Taherzadeh and Ali were in the process of being evicted when they were arrested earlier this week.
Prosecutors said they wanted Taherzadeh held in part because they're concerned he could tamper with witnesses and evidence. They noted that after he found out he was being investigated, he began "deleting his social media posts related to law enforcement" and turned off GPS tracking on his iPhone.
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