Attorney General Pam Bondi has created a special federal task force to investigate the involvement of US persons and organizations in the October 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 persons, including 47 Americans, in Israel. In one of her first acts as Attorney General, Bondi established “Task Force 10-7” for the purposes of:
- Pursuing criminal charges, including capital cnmes where applicable, against the perpetrators of the October 7 attack;
- Providing services to the victims of the October 7 attack and coordinating as appropriate with others to facilitate the return of hostages;
- Seeking the arrest and extradition of Hamas leadership charged in the complaint docketed as United States v. Haniyeh, No. 24 Mag. 438 (S.D.N.Y.);
- Investigating and prosecuting acts of terrorism, antisemitic civil rights violations, and other federal crimes committed by Hamas supporters in…