TerrorismFBI investigates Kent State professor for ISIS connection

Published 21 January 2016

Julio Pino, an associate history professor at Kent State University, is currently under FBI and DHS investigation, which includes interviews with faculty members and students. Informed sources say that Pino has allegedly tried to recruit students to join ISIS.

An associate professor at Kent State University is being investigated for possible  ties to ISIS.

KentWired reports that Julio Pino, an associate history professor, is currently under FBI and DHS investigation, which includes interviews with faculty members and students. KentWired cites reports which state that Pino has allegedly tried to recruit students to join ISIS.

Emily Mills, editor of the Kent Stater, the independent newspaper on campus at Kent State University, told Fox8 Cleveland that “One of the things he is most known for is shouting ‘death to Israel’ during an Israeli diplomat’s lecture.”

Mills said she was contacted by FBI agents who were familiar with her reports. “They contacted me and asked questions about Professor Pino,” she said, “They interviewed me and from there gave me permission to publish the information.”

Pino, when interviewed by Mills, denied any connection to ISIS.

Kent State spokesman Eric Mansfield told Fox8: “Kent State is fully cooperating with the FBI. As this is an ongoing investigation, we will have no further comment. The FBI has assured Kent State that there is no threat to campus.”

The Cleveland Division of the FBI confirms that there is an investigation, but that “it is in regards to an ongoing investigation therefore, additional information cannot be provided at this time.”