The father of the Pulse nightclub shooter was a confidential FBI informant for over a decade, new documents reviewed by CBS News affiliate WKMG allege. Seddique Mateen served as a U.S. government intelligence source between 2005 and 2016. His son, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old Islamic State sympathizer, killed 49 people and injured 68 others in Orlando in 2016, before being shot and killed by police.
The information about the elder Mateen was included in a demand for a mistrial filed by the attorneys of Omar Mateen's widow, Noor Salman. Salman is charged with aiding and abetting her husband, obstruction of justice, and lying to prosecutors. "Salman's attorneys claim the late disclosure of the information [by the government] prevented them from exploring whether or not Seddique Mateen knew of his son's plans to attack the nightclub on June 12, 2016," explains WKMG.
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