Citing Trump tweets, accused N.Y. attacker seeks to avoid death penalty

Lawyers for Sayfullo Saipov, the man accused of killing eight people by driving a truck into a New York City bike path in October, on Thursday asked a federal judge to bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty, saying President Donald Trump's statements on Twitter have made a fair legal process impossible.

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