Orlando Sentinel

Noor Salman

- By Gal Tziperman Lotan

tells federal investigat­ors that her husband, Omar Mateen, showed her a photo of Pulse on his computer less than two days before he opened fire in the Orlando nightclub.

Noor Salman told federal investigat­ors that her husband, Omar Mateen, showed her a photo of Pulse on his computer less than two days before he opened fire in the Orlando nightclub, killing 49 people and injuring dozens more.

But government forensic experts have not been able to find evidence of the photo on his devices, Salman’s defense attorneys wrote in a motion that was made public Monday. They think Mateen may have browsed the web in incognito mode, which would not keep a record of the sites he visited, the defense said in its motion.

The same motion also revealed that Salman is indigent, meaning her defense will be partially taxpayer-funded. Her attorneys asked for funds to pay the computer forensics expert but did not name a specific amount.

Law enforcemen­t questioned Salman over a period of 16 hours early June 12, after they identified Mateen at the shooter. She told them he showed her a picture of the club on June 10, records show.

Previously released court records show Salman told investigat­ors Mateen asked her, “How bad would it be if a club got attacked?” about a week beforehand.

Both a U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman and Salman’s attorney declined to comment Monday.

Salman was arrested in January and faces charges of providing material support to a terrorist and tampering with evidence. She is in custody until her trial, which is scheduled for March.

Her defense attorneys filed a motion asking for more time and money to allow a computer forensic expert to sift through data from three computers, four cellphones, an Apple iPad Mini, multiple flash drives, 12 discs and a 38,000-page PDF file with data from Salman’s Facebook account, records show.

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