22 years,” Trabelsi, a former professional soccer player in Germany, said after members of the jury left following his acquittal, according to his attorney.
Trabelsi was extradited to the US in 2013 after being indicted by a US grand jury in 2006.
However, Trabelsi said during his US trial that his past confessions were false, according to the Washington Post.
Had he been convicted, the 52-year-old Trabelsi faced a maximum sentence of life in prison.
In recent years, at least two men accused of backing or operating on behalf of al Qaeda and charged with conspiracy to murder US nationals have been found guilty.
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