Busted for obstruction in Pulse slay case

in Los Angeles THE WIDOW of Orlando mass murderer Omar Mateen was arrested Monday and charged with obstruction of justice, more than seven months after her husband’s attack on a gay nightclub, federal officials said.

FBI agents took Noor Salman into custody at her home in the San Francisco Bay area, an FBI source told the Daily News. She was busted on federal charges filed in Florida, where she once lived with Mateen.

Mateen killed 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub June 12, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

He died after a gun battle with a SWAT team in the club.

During calls to police from inside the club, Mateen used Facebook to pledge allegiance to ISIS and blamed his bloodshed on the American bombings of Muslim countries.

Federal authorities extensively questioned Salman in the days after the shooting. At the time, it emerged that she may have been aware of Mateen’s murderous plans — and had even driven him to Pulse to scout out the location, while still trying to talk him out of an attack.

But Salman eventually walked free, and fled from the public eye with the son she had with Mateen.

She and the boy moved from Florida to several locations around northern California, where her family lives.

Salman gave an interview to The New York Times last November, saying she was “unaware” of her husband’s evil intentions.

“I don’t condone what he has done. I am very sorry for what has happened. He has hurt a lot of people,” she said.

She also said Mateen, who had divorced his first wife, abused her.

Last month, Salman even filed to change her son’s name.

“Noor Salman had no foreknowledge nor could she predict what Omar Mateen intended to do that tragic night,” her lawyer Linda Moreno told The Times.

“Noor has told her story of abuse at his hands. We believe it is misguided and wrong to prosecute her and that it dishonors the memories of the victims to punish an innocent person.”

She is set to make her first court appearance Tuesday, authorities said.

It remains unclear what led the FBI to arrest her now.

“We appreciate the FBI and all law enforcement agencies who worked tirelessly and were dedicated to bringing some justice to this terrible tragedy,” Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said.