Illegal Immigrant Who Killed Mollie Tibbitts Awarded Thousands in Taxpayer Dollars for Murder Trial

It doesn’t matter what side of the aisle you find yourself on. This shouldn’t sit well with anyone.

Most of us are aware of the harrowing story of Mollie Tibbetts. She was a 20-year-old college student who was murdered after an illegal alien, Cristhian Bahena-Rivera, chased her down. Her body was later found in a cornfield.

Get this.

Bahena-Rivera has been awarded $3,200 for an “expert witness” for his murder trial. You know. To help fight against his murder charges. Where’d that money come from? Iowa taxpayers.

Lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, who is charged with first-degree murder, said the stipend is needed to hire a forensic expert with Criminal Case Consultants in Buffalo, N.Y. The expert can provide insight on interrogation techniques and analytical investigative methods given the “length, context, language barriers and other factors involved in the police interrogation” of Rivera, Chase Frese, Rivera’s lawyer, said in the motion.

The stipend is required for the expert to begin looking into those issues but doesn’t cover costs of testimony at trial or travel expenses, Frese said in the motion. The defense will make separate requests for those funds if necessary.

That’s what makes this even more nauseating. If he needs more funds (and it sounds like they anticipate he will), he can request more.

Eighth Judicial District Judge Joel Yates approved the stipend Tuesday, saying a financial affidavit filed with the court shows Rivera is indigent and qualifies for public funds, which will be paid by the state. If additional funds are needed, the defense will have to obtain court approval, the judge added.

We’re doing this for an illegal immigrant who admitted to chasing Mollie Tibbitts down and “blacking out” after she instructed him to stop harassing her.

Before the jury selection request, the illegal alien’s attorneys said Bahena-Rivera had a “constitutional right” to receive $5,000 in state taxpayer money to hire an independent investigative team to fight the murder charge.

This entire situation is just nauseating.

Rivera is still on jail on $5 million bail.

h/t Breitbart