Reports emerged last week that a plastic surgeon who testified in behalf of the Blind Sheikh (Omar Abdel Rahman) in the terrorism prosecution I led in the early-to-mid Nineties is running for Congress, to represent New Jersey. Dr. Adam Hamawy is reportedly the leading fundraiser in the Democratic primary, basking in the endorsement of Representative Ilhan Omar, the party’s Islamist firebrand in Minnesota.
I remember Hamawy only dimly. The trial happened more than 30 years ago, there were hundreds of witnesses over ten months (including a defense case that lasted over two months), and I did not cross-examine him — those honors were done by one of my partners, Pat Fitzgerald. But I was alerted to the story a few days ago by the Washington Free Beacon, and the reporting about his testimony jogged my memory a bit — to the point that I was able to give the Beacon a statement.
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