Key facts
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and three co-defendants will stand trial on June 5, 2028.
- Military judge Lt. Col. Michael Schrama set the trial date, rejecting prosecutors' request for an earlier start.
- The judge cited insufficient time to resolve pretrial evidentiary and compliance motions.
- Mohammed has been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2006.
- The 9/11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, and three co-defendants are scheduled to go to trial on June 5, 2028. Military judge Lt. Col. Michael A Schrama set the date, rejecting prosecutors' request for an earlier trial in January 2027.
Schrama stated that the proposed 2027 date did not allow sufficient time to resolve outstanding pretrial matters, including evidentiary and compliance motions. The scheduling order establishes a series of deadlines leading up to the June 2028 trial, with jury selection set to begin on that date.
Mohammed, who has been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2006 after his 2003 arrest in Pakistan, has previously claimed to have planned the "9/11 operation from A-to-Z." A previous plea deal that would have avoided a death-penalty trial was thrown out by a federal appeals court last summer. The 9/11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people.