The Biden administration has succeeded in temporarily blocking accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from entering a guilty plea that would spare him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s Sept.

The Justice Dept filed a motion to stop plea deals from moving forward in the war court in Guantanamo Bay, days before Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was set to plead guilty.

Lawyers for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused 9/11 mastermind, are pressing for a plea deal that prevents the death penalty, amidst objections from US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The plea deal faces scrutiny as Mohammed and co-defendants have been embroiled in legal complications and delayed justice for nearly two decades.

The Biden administration succeeded in blocking a plea deal for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on Thursday after a federal court issued an administrative stay of a hearing set for Friday. "The purpose of this administrative stay is to allow the court time to receive full briefing on the mandamus petition,

The U.S. had filed an appeal to stop plea proceedings for alleged 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others from moving forward Friday in the war court in Guantanamo Bay.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ... a stay of the plea agreement for Mohammed and two other alleged 9/11 plotters that has been opposed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The bid to stay the hearing ...

The Biden administration is fighting to get a plea deal thrown out for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — "principal architect of the 9/11 attacks" — that will see him dodge the death penalty if accepted. The post ‘It will be a pyrrhic victory’: DOJ fights to get plea deal thrown out for ‘principal architect’ of 9/11 attacks first appeared on Law & Crime.

The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging ... late Wednesday described Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s attempts to throw out a plea deal that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are urging ... late Wednesday described Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's attempts to throw out a plea deal that ...

After some initial momentum and a few successes, Biden leaves office like his predecessors, with the prison at Guantánamo Bay open, and the 9/11 case unresolved.

Joe Biden vowed to close the U.S. military court and prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but -- like several presidents before him -- did not succeed. What did he accomplish, and what's next under Trump?