Man Charged With Killing Former Trump Adviser’s Mother Arraigned On Hate-Crime Charges

A 22-year-old Queens man already charged in a fatal crash was arraigned Monday on a separate hate-crime indictment tied to vandalism at a kosher bagel shop. Dawood Faisal is accused of damaging property outside Bagels & Co. in Fresh Meadows on May 15 and May 23, two days before the collision that killed Cara Trager, 71. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz says he singled out the business because its owners are Jewish and it displays Israeli flags. He returns to court November 12 and faces up to seven years if convicted, according to Daily Wire.

Prosecutors allege he knocked over nine planters and threw dirt at the storefront on the first date, then returned around 1 a.m. and emptied eleven stands.

Trager's son, Eric Trager, once held a senior Middle East role on President Donald Trump's National Security Council. Faisal allegedly sped past 75 mph in a 35 mph zone on May 25 and struck two vehicles, one of which hit Trager and her husband Michael in a crosswalk; she died four days later. He has pleaded not guilty, and authorities do not treat the crash as a hate crime.

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