At Trial of Omar Mateen’s Wife, Judge’s Questioning Reveals a Huge Hole in Prosecution’s Case and Deceit by Prosecutors

In a federal courtroom in Orlando this afternoon, the prosecution of Noor Salman, the wife of Pulse shooter Omar Mateen, suffered a major setback. In front of the jury, a glaring hole in the prosecutors’ case was exposed by the questioning of FBI Special Agent Richard Fennern directly from U.S. District Judge Paul Byron. Outside the presence of the jury, the judge, in angry tones, made clear that he believed he had been misled for months by prosecutors about a key part of the government’s evi...