Possible snag for 1st Guantanamo court session of Trump era
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January 26, 2017
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — The first session of the Guantanamo Bay war crimes tribunal under President Donald Trump may have hit a snag.
A pretrial hearing in the Sept. 11 terrorism case scheduled to start Wednesday and run through next week could be postponed because the lead attorney for one of the five defendants was unable to make it to the U.S. base in Cuba after breaking her arm in Washington over the weekend.
The attorney, Cheryl Bormann, is an experienced litigator from Chicago who represents Yemeni defendant Walid bin Attash. She apparently fell while walking.
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