Salvador Rizzo

1 week ago | postguam.com | Salvador Rizzo |Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

A Georgetown University researcher who says he has been illegally targeted for deportation amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on campus activism must have his case heard in Virginia as he fights to stay in the United States, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles is likely to order immigration officials to return Badar Khan Suri from Texas as she continues to consider the legal merits of his case.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Salvador Rizzo |Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff

Detained Georgetown scholar must have his case heard in Virginia, judge rules (washingtonpost.com) Detained Georgetown scholar must have his case heard in Virginia, judge rules By Salvador Rizzo; Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff 2025050700201400 A Georgetown University researcher who says he has been illegally targeted for deportation amid the Trump administration's crackdown on campus activism must have his case heard in Virginia as he fights to stay in the United States, a federal judge ruled Tuesday....

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Salvador Rizzo

US federal prosecutors allege a Black Hawk pilot collected nearly US$122,000 ($204,220) in LSD proceeds over 11 months. Photo / AFPA US Army helicopter pilot argued he had a religious right to sell LSD on the dark web. A judge rejected Kyle Norton Riester’s claim, stating public health and safety outweighed his religious defence. Riester remains on active duty but faces dishonourable discharge and potential drug distribution charges.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Salvador Rizzo

Army pilot sold LSD hundreds of times on dark web, prosecutors say (washingtonpost.com) Army pilot sold LSD hundreds of times on dark web, prosecutors say By Salvador Rizzo 2025042410003600 An Army helicopter pilot who federal prosecutors say shipped nearly 1,800 orders of LSD to buyers on the "dark web" argued in court Wednesday that he has a religious right to sell the drug, deploying an unconventional legal strategy in an attempt to stave off his indictment. Kyle Norton Riester, a first...

2 weeks ago | stripes.com | Salvador Rizzo

Kyle Norton Riester, a first lieutenant on active duty with the 12th Aviation Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, argued in legal papers this month that “the Divine guidance and instruction he had received while communing with LSD” drove him to sell the hallucinogenic drug on dark-web marketplaces during the coronavirus pandemic.