Zohran Mamdani's lawyer pick once defended an al-Qaeda terrorist

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday appointed Ramzi Kassem, who once defended an al-Qaeda terrorist, as the city’s next Chief Counsel. Following the 9/11 attacks, he argued that the perpetrators were driven not by “intrinsic evil” but by "resentment towards the United States rooted in political realities shaped by our country’s policies".