Taliban Lawyer Tony West Has a New Client: His Sister-in-Law Kamala Harris West said 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh was 'not a terrorist'
Adam Kredo
August 2, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has a "powerful" new campaign adviser: her brother-in-law Tony West, the former Obama Justice Department attorney who defended a convicted terrorist sentenced to 20 years in prison for fighting with the Taliban and colluding with al-Qaeda.
West is now "a powerful adviser" to Harris's "new campaign," Axios reported Friday. Roughly 20 years prior, West held a different role: attorney for a Taliban terrorist. West in 2002 signed on to defend "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh, who was captured in Afghanistan one year earlier and subsequently indicted for providing services to the Taliban and al-Qaeda—and for conspiring to murder Americans. ...
West’s role in the Harris campaign is already driving concerns among Democratic strategists, though not for his terrorist defending past. Instead, one party official told Axios that West's "prominent role could re-create the same family dynamics that at times caused unnecessary drama in her 2020 campaign."
West, who is married to Harris's sister, Maya, and stepfather of her niece, social justice entrepreneur Meena, is a longtime ally of former president Barack Obama, having raised $65 million for him during the 2008 campaign cycle. His loyalty earned him a spot as the Justice Department’s number three attorney, where he oversaw the Obama administration’s policy toward Guantanamo Bay terrorists.
During his time in the Justice Department, West worked to expand the legal privileges granted to enemy combatants captured on the battlefield. ...
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