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Rebecca Morgan and Susan Kent face up to 15 years in prison for hiding the man accused of shooting and injuring an Alvarado police officer outside the Prairieland Detention Center July 4.

Prosecutors are delivering on a promise to add defendants who didn't accept the government's plea deal to an initial indictment with more charges. The most serious charges include attempted murder of employees of the United States.

Seth Sikes of Kennedale faces one count of providing material support to terrorists in connection with the July 4 shooting injured a local police officer. Prosecutors say defendants were motivated by "antifa" ideology, which President Donald Trump deemed a domestic terrorist threat in late September.

Anti-fascism, anarchy and the abolition of ICE were common themes in literature and paraphernalia investigators found in the defendants' homes and cars.

Judge Mark Pittman's order comes after he declared a mistrial during jury selection Tuesday. He believed a defense attorney wearing a shirt depicting civil rights protest imagery was an attempt to sway prospective jurors' opinions.

Fort Worth federal Judge Mark Pittman specifically named Benjamin Song as the person who nonfatally shot a police officer outside an ICE detention center. Pittman ruled Song and the defendants charged with aiding and abetting him cannot claim the officer was shot to protect anyone.

Nine defendants convicted on federal terrorism related charges this month in connection to a nonfatal July 4 shooting of a police officer outside the Prairieland immigration detention filed motions Friday to overturn their jury verdicts and request a new trial.

Four defendants pleaded not guilty in Fort Worth federal court Wednesday. They'll return to the courthouse in January to stand trial for charges that include providing material support to terrorists and attempted murder.

The government offered plea bargains to 15 defendants who made their initial appearances in Fort Worth federal court.

The shirt, which appeared to show civil rights protestors, led Judge Mark Pittman to halt jury selection.