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Tuesday marked the start of jury selection in the trial for nine defendants charged in the July 4 Prairieland shooting.

A second round of jury selection begins in federal court Monday after the judge declared a mistrial last week. Nine defendants are accused in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer July 4.

The defendants pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists in connection with a shooting at an ICE detention center that prosecutors have tied to antifa. A sixth defendant is set to plead guilty to the same charge next week.

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.

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.

The new defendants are charged with hindering the prosecution of terrorism. The indictments make 22 total defendants in the case, spanning federal and state courts.

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.

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.

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

Attorneys for Daniel Sanchez Estrada, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts and Elizabeth Soto filed notices that they'd appeal their decades-long sentences to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, one that's been regarded as one of the most conservative federal appellate courts in the country.