Man convicted of plotting 9/11-style attack asks for new lawyers at sentencing

The sentencing of Cholo Abdi Abdullah, a Kenyan national who was convicted of plotting a 9/11-style attack on the United States, was adjourned Monday after he asked for new lawyers.

“I was thinking of having new lawyers who will represent me,” said Abdullah, who represented himself during the trial last year that ended with him being convicted on all six federal counts.

The judge had appointed standby counsel but Abdullah said he did not want them to represent him at sentencing.

“I don’t want these two lawyers to represent me. I want to start fresh,” said Abdullah, who appeared in a wrinkled beige jail smock over a bright orange T-shirt and spoke slowly and softly in response to several of the judge’s questions.

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