NEW YORK (Reuters) - Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden charged in connection with the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, refused on Tuesday to jettison his defence lawyer, who is himself facing federal tax and wire fraud charges.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing the case against Abu Ghaith in a federal court in New York, found that Abu Ghaith had knowingly assumed the potential conflict of interest despite the judge's recommendation that he consider a new lawyer.
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