9/11 trial delayed again as Biden administration pushes for plea deal with terrorists

By Jerry Dunleavy

Published January 9, 2023 7:45pm ET

9/11 trial delayed again as Biden administration pushes for plea deal with terrorists — In this pool photo of a Pentagon-approved sketch by court artist Janet Hamlin, defendant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, left, speaks with lead defense lawyer David Nevin during a pretrial hearing at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Monday, April 14, 2014. | (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)

Pretrial hearings for the yet-to-start 9/11 trial at Guantanamo Bay have been canceled again as the Biden administration seeks to strike a plea deal with the al Qaeda plotters, which could take the death penalty off the table.

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