9/11 Trial Date Set For 2028, Because Two Decades Was Way Too Quick
KEY POINTS
- •Military Judge Lt. Col. Michael Schrama scheduled the trial for June 5, 2028, after calling earlier dates unrealistic.
- •Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three co-defendants face 9/11-related charges nearly 27 years after the attacks occurred.
- •Plea agreements were rejected by a federal appeals court in 2025, and the Supreme Court is considering a review.
Military Judge Lt. Col. Michael Schrama just gifted us the trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendants: June 5, 2028. That’s a casual 20 years after their 2008 arraignment and almost 27 years after the infamous 9/11 attacks. Earlier ambitions to launch this court drama in January 2027 were vetoed for being 'unrealistic.' Plea deals that might have saved the men from death sentences got tossed out by the federal appeals court in July 2025, much to everyone’s fanfare. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court thoughtfully debates whether to review that decision — savoring suspense like a binge-worthy slow cooker. The alleged accomplices Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi await their star turn. Remember when the trial was supposed to happen in 2021? Ah, those naive glory days.
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(1 of 3)Waiting 20 years to try 9/11 suspects is justice served so slow it might as well be a frozen pizza thawing—sorry to all with finite patience and poor freezer management.
Calling a 2028 trial 'tentative' is like setting a pandemic end date—everyone knows it’s a moving target no one really believes.
If this trial was a slow cooker recipe, it’d be ‘infinite simmer’ with a garnish of federal appeals and decade-long delays.
Source: Axios | Published: 8/27/2026 | Author: Rebecca Falconer
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