Feds To Seek Death Penalty In DC Murders of Two Israeli Embassy Staffers By “Pro-Palestinian”
Pam Bondi: “We are prosecuting the monster, and we will seek the death penalty.”
In May 2025, two employees of the Israeli Embassy in DC, Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were murdered outside an event at the Jewish Museum.
It was a targeted attack by Elias Rodriguez, who shouted “Free, Free Palestine” when arrested. It was a merciless assassination, he videotaped it on his own bodycam, and finished them off execution style, when they were on the ground trying to crawl away. We covered the events at the time:
- Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Shot Dead in DC – Suspect Chants “Free, Free Palestine”
- FBI: “Pro-Palestinian” DC Shooter Continued Firing Into Victims As They Were On Ground
- “Pro-Palestinian” Jewish Museum Murderer Recorded Killings On His Own Bodycam
- Media Worries Murders of Israeli Embassy Staffers Could Hurt Palestinian Cause
Footage showing 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez yelling “Free Palestine” while being taken into custody by D.C. Metro Police, after shooting and killing two staffers of the Israeli Embassy outside of the Capital Jewish Museum tonight in Washington, D.C. pic.twitter.com/pOyIawAMVn
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 22, 2025
BREAKING: Court documents have revealed that the only reason Elias Rodriguez did not murder more people is because his gun got jammed.
Make no mistake: This was an act of pro-Palestinian terrorism in our nation's capital. pic.twitter.com/T92v0iDp7Q
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) May 22, 2025
Per the DOJ press release when First Degree Murder and other charges, which made him death-penalty eligible, were announced in August 2025:
On May 20, 2025, Rodriguez flew from Chicago to Washington D.C. with a Heckler and Koch VP9 SK 9mm semi-automatic handgun packed in his luggage.
The same day, he allegedly authored a manifesto that he called “Explication,” in which he argued for the “morality of armed demonstration” and wrote that “[t]hose of us against the genocide take satisfaction in arguing that the perpetrators and abettors have forfeited their humanity.”
On May 21, 2025, Rodriguez purchased a ticket to the “Young Diplomats Reception” sponsored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) at the Capital Jewish Museum (CJM) located at 575 3rd Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Yaron Lischinsky, Sarah Milgrim, C.S., and A.T., were employees of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., who attended the reception at the CJM. Yaron Lischinsky was an Israeli citizen who was in the United States on official business. Sarah Milgrim, C.S., and A.T. were United States citizens.
Rodriguez allegedly approached the victims after they walked out of the CJM and fired approximately 20 shots using the 9mm semi-automatic handgun that he had transported from Chicago. After the victims fell, he allegedly continued firing at close range, including as one attempted to crawl away. Multiple shots struck Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, killing them. During the shooting, the defendant allegedly called out, “Free Palestine.”
Moments after the shooting, Rodriguez entered the CJM, where several event attendees were still present., displayed a red keffiyeh and allegedly said, “I did it for Palestine. I did it for Gaza.”
There has not been a lot of reporting on the case since then, but U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi recently stated that the death penalty would be sought, via The Miami Herald (emphasis added):
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz spoke about their commitments to the Jewish community and their respective parties’ plans to combat antisemitism and strengthen ties with Israel at an Israeli-American summit attended by thousands on Friday afternoon….
Bondi began her address by recounting the night two Israeli Embassy staff members were gunned down near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., last year. Bondi, who is a former prosecutor and attorney general of Florida, told the audience that her office is seeking the death penalty against the gunman, Elias Rodriguez. “Sarah and Yaron were shot, murdered because they were Jewish,” Bondi said. “It was horrible. Horrible. We will not tolerate that in our country any longer.”
“Sarah and Yaron were shot, murdered because they were Jewish,” Bondi said, referring to Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim. “It was horrible, horrible. We will not tolerate that in our country any longer.”
Bondi told the audience that federal prosecutors are pursuing capital punishment in the case, saying, “We are prosecuting the monster, and we will seek the death penalty.”
BREAKING: Court documents have revealed that the only reason Elias Rodriguez did not murder more people is because his gun got jammed.
Make no mistake: This was an act of pro-Palestinian terrorism in our nation's capital. pic.twitter.com/T92v0iDp7Q
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) May 22, 2025
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Yeah, seek the death penalty. Make it even harder to convict the bastard.
He is fully deserving of the death penalty, and given the evidence against him, such a sentence is certainly achievable.
See my comment below.
In DC??
Come onnnnnnnnn.
In DC? Good luck
Kill him by any cruel and unusual punishment please. I don’t care how just as long as he suffers and is dead. An object lesson is needed here.
Public execution.
Why not just lock him in a room for life, forced to listen to an endless loop of Tony Robbins motivational seminars?
It had better be a rubber room then.
Seeking the death penalty. I’m sure when found guilty the penalty will be meted out as quickly as it has been for “Mumia Jamaal”.
Interesting that he brought the firearm in his luggage. Did he register it when flying? My daughter brought a firearm in luggage on a plane once. A regular PIA following the regulations.
Also my firearm is an HK VP9. Kinda sad to think it was used to kill those two fine young people.
These poor young people who had nothing to do with the fake genocide being peddled on social media, but we’re simply walking while being Jewish and working for the Israeli embassy, we’re murdered in the name of a psychotic pro violence hate movement. One that is more than tolerated but celebrated by celebrities , academia and politicians. That thinking that anyone he feels is connected to this fake genocide are not human is exactly what the propaganda of SJP and Palestine loving professors were hoping for . It’s exactly the indoctrination Palestinian kids are getting right now through UN schools. But Islamophobia is the real issue here.
The next Dem president will just pardon him, even if the DOJ could possibly secure a death verdict in DC.
I hope blmplo soldiers try,,,ala “hero” anglea davis etc,, try to spring him from his bondages and that the authorities THIS TIME take care of business and stop that
Excuse me? Does Israel even have a death penalty?
They make you a roadie for a border town Woodstock.
Have a separate court system set up for death penalty cases. Limit death penalty appeals for filing in one year.
Start the appeal trial within a month or less. All appeals should be tried and finished within 5 years. SC has two months to decide to take the last appeal or wish the evil doer Bon Voyage.