New York City Attacker To Get Death Penalty or Guantanamo Bay Incaceration

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U.S. President Donald Trump is calling for swift justice in the case of accused New York City truck terrorist Sayfullo Saipov, including the death penalty.

In response to questions from reporters Wednesday, Trump said he would be open to transferring the 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant from the civilian justice system to the military system at Guantanamo. "Send him to Gitmo, I would certainly consider that, yes," he said.

The president said Thursday on Twitter that he "would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer" than handling his trial through the U.S. court system.

The president said he would prefer that Saipov be tried in the U.S. court system because, if convicted, the defendant could be sentenced to death.

Other senior Republicans, including Trump's attorney general, appeared to differ with the president on handling the Saipov case.