Hari Sentenced to 53 Years for Bombing

The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group based in Ford County who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque was sentenced Monday to 53 years in prison for the attack.   Emily Claire Hari, who was previously known as Michael Hari and recently said she is transgender, faced a mandatory minimum of 30 years for the attack on an Islamic Center in Bloomington. Defense attorneys asked for the minimum, but prosecutors sought life, saying Hari hasn’t taken responsibility for the attack.   No one was hurt in the bombing.  Hari, and two others are also charged in a failed November 2017 attack on an abortion clinic in Champaign.  Plea agreements for the two others say the men also participated in an armed home invasion in Indiana, and the armed robberies or attempted armed robberies of two Walmart stores in Illinois.