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Patrik Mathews' attorney seeks to suppress post-arrest interview

Disgraced Canadian reservist and former fugitive Patrik Mathews allegedly waived his right to remain silent and spent 2½ hours chatting with FBI agents — a post-arrest interview his defence attorney is trying to suppress from being introduced as evidence in his upcoming trial.
Winnipeg Free Press ·
A man with blonde hair cut short in a white t-shirt carries a bunch of carrots.
Patrik Mathews, here in front of his home in Beausejour, Man., in August 2019, was a combat engineer with the 38 Canadian Brigade Group in Winnipeg when allegations that he was a recruiter for a neo-Nazi militant group came to light. (Gary Solilak/CBC)

En route to the Baltimore field office after his Jan. 16 arrest in Delaware, Federal Bureau of Investigation special agents bought Patrik Mathews a Chick-fil-A sandwich and a cup of coffee.

With his belly presumably full, the disgraced Canadian reservist and former fugitive allegedly waived his right to remain silent and spent 2½ hours chatting with FBI agents — a post-arrest interview his defence attorney is trying to suppress from being introduced as evidence in his upcoming trial.

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