The Justice Department will move to indict the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers in May on federal hate crime charges this week, a source familiar with the matter said.

The indictment against 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez is expected to include special findings for capital punishment, which would allow the Justice Department to pursue the death penalty in the case. A grand jury has been convened to hear the Justice Department's evidence, the source said.

A Department of Justice spokesperson and attorneys for Rodriguez did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Rodriguez is already charged with two counts of first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials and other counts after allegedly killing Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, two

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