Stewart Accused Of Conspiring To Allow Communication
Prosecutors have accused Stewart of conspiring with two associates to let a blind Egyptian sheik communicate dangerous messages to his overseas followers. Opening statements in her trial could begin as early as Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.
Stewart, 64, defended Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman when he was convicted in federal court in Manhattan in 1995 of plotting to bomb the United Nations, FBI headquarters in New York and two tunnels and a bridge linking New Jersey to New York City.
For the last two years, Stewart has crisscrossed the country, declaring her innocence and defending her actions on the sheik's behalf as her sworn duty as a lawyer. She will stand trial alongside Abdel-Rahman's Arabic translator, Mohammed Yousry, as well as Ahmed Abdel Sattar, a U.S. postal worker and translator.
Prosecutors say in court papers that Abdel-Rahman, after his 1993 arrest, had urged followers in the Islamic Group, an international terrorist organization based in Egypt, to rescue him and, as for Americans, to "kill them wherever you find them."
Possible character witnesses for Stewart include a man who lost his mother in the Sept. 11 attacks and relied upon Stewart before and afterward for legal representation.
At trial, Stewart is represented by Michael E. Tigar, a professor at American University in Washington, D.C., known for his infamous clients, including Oklahoma City bombing coconspirator Terry Nichols and John Demjanjuk, a retired autoworker accused of being the infamous Nazi concentration camp guard Ivan the Terrible.
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