The Biden administration has doubled down on its unusual court battle to derail a plea deal that the government itself had reached with accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
The Biden administration succeeded in blocking a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on Thursday after a federal court issued an administrative stay of a hearing set for Friday.
It's the latest development in the U.S. military's struggle to bring to justice the man charged with planning the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
The move comes after years of legal battles over the case, which remains in pretrial hearings 17 years after charges were first filed.
The defendants involved in the potential plea deal include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
Thanks to Biden admin bungling, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed may get off with no death penalty. Joe can’t help hurting his country even as he leaves.
The Biden administration succeeded Thursday in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a guilty plea in a deal that would spare him the
A secret Guantanamo Bay prisoner swap has been stalled by Taliban officials wanting to curry favour with Donald Trump. Afghan government officials are discussing delaying the exchange until the president-elect takes office later this month, sources told The Telegraph.
The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty in one of the deadliest attacks ever on the United States.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cannot nix the controversial plea deals struck with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other Guantanamo Bay detainees, according to a Monday military appeals court decision.
In the Biden administration’s latest filing, Brian Fletcher, the Justice Department’s principal deputy solicitor general, argued that the case involving the three 9/11 plotters is of “ unique
The ruling reinstates plea agreements under which the three men would admit guilt in connection with the September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda attacks.