The government is investigating the two. He even seemed to suggest the school shooting in Sandy Hook in 2012 may not have happened.
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Some conspiracy theorists believe that the government orchestrated, or in the least covered up details about the Sandy Hook shooting.
“There have been suggestions that it may be something that was related to their work, that somehow he was a disgruntled employee”, he said.
While the exact motive for the massacre remains unclear, lawyers for the Farook family said the gunman had been subject to a series of disparaging comments about his traditional Muslim appearance.
“None of the family members had any idea that this was going to take place”.
Asked directly if he doubted the events of Sandy Hook, Mr. Chesley said, “There has been a lot speculation about it is all I would say”, the Daily Mail reported.
“The most evidence they have so far is that somebody looked at something on Facebook”, Chesley said, noting that the couple’s social media activity did not mean they were linked to ISIS. Chesley did not deny that evidence was found at Sandy Hook, nor did he deny that evidence was found in Farook’s apartment following the San Bernardino shooting, but he suggested questions remain in both instances as to how the evidence got there.
“She did maintain certain traditions”, he said.
She was released without charge the next day but the vehicle is still in the hands of law enforcement officials, they said. Farook’s brother-in-law is beginning the legal process to adopt the girl.
Syed Farook in an undated student ID card from California State University, Fullerton.
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Members of the family of Syed Rizwan Farook met with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for four hours Thursday, an attorney for the family of the gunman in the San Bernardino massacre told reporters.
