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Computers, Phones Seized As Evidence In Case Of Pulse Gunman's Wife

The Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where 49 people were killed and 53 injured in a June 2016 attack. Some patrons who were outside during the attack are upset they aren't receiving money from a $29.5 million victims' compensation fund. (AP file photo)
The Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where 49 people were killed and 53 injured in a June 2016 attack. Some patrons who were outside during the attack are upset they aren't receiving money from a $29.5 million victims' compensation fund. (AP file photo)

Authorities investigating the wife of a man who massacred Florida nightclub patrons have seized three computers, cellphones, an IPad and a Facebook account as evidence.

Documents filed last week show federal prosecutors have provided Noor Salman's defense team with those items.

Salman is charged with aiding and abetting her husband, Omar Mateen, and with obstructing law enforcement. She has pleaded not guilty and is set to go on trial next March.

Forty-nine patrons were killed during the Pulse massacre in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Salman's attorneys asked a judge for the court to pay for a computer expert, who says he needs more than six weeks to go over the digital data.

A magistrate on Monday declared Salman a pauper, allowing her to waive court costs.

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