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by JumpCrisscross 1407 days ago
> how did they try him in absentia?

They didn’t.

“Abouammo was arrested in Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 5, 2019, and made his initial federal court appearance in Seattle at 2:00 p.m.on Nov. 6, 2019” [1]. He is the one they left behind.

[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-former-twitter-employees-...