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Chris Menahan – Information Liberation Aug 19, 2025

Acting US Attorney for Nevada Sigal Chattah, an Israeli-born appointee of Donald Trump, on Monday announced that her office would not be prosecuting Israeli child predator suspect Tom Artiom Alexandrovich and would instead allow the local District Attorney to handle the case.

“The Israeli-born Acting US Attorney for Nevada, Sigal Chattah, has just announced she is NOT going to prosecute Israeli child sex crimes suspect Tom Alexandrovich, leaving it instead to local prosecutors where it is far less likely to be successful, given that he was allowed to leave the country,” Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah reports.

“Federal prosecutors can and often do prosecute these cases, especially when federal agencies are involved in the sting, as they were here. But not in this case,” he added.

Chattah said in a statement on Justice.gov:

“Last week, Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was arrested in a Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children joint operation; and he was booked into the Henderson Detention Center. This important multi-agency operation targeted child sex predators who preyed upon the most vulnerable members of our communities. As a result of the operation, the Clark County District Attorney’s Office is handling the prosecution.”

Abunimah also shared a post highlighting Chattah’s Israel First bias:

[UPDATE: Sigal Chattah just deleted her entire personal account. The posts below are archived.]

 

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