Mamdani taps controversial lawyer who defended al Qaeda terrorist for top role: 'Powerful advocate'

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Mamdani taps controversial lawyer who defended al Qaeda terrorist for top role: 'Powerful advocate'
Ramzi Kassem’s record also includes serving as a top advisor for immigration on the WH Domestic Policy Council during Biden admin
By Peter Pinedo Fox News
Published December 30, 2025 6:29pm EST

Socialist New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday that he is appointing controversial lawyer Ramzi Kassem, who defended al Qaeda terrorist Ahmed al-Darbi in court, as the city’s top attorney.

Mamdani, who will take office on Jan. 1, announced he was appointing Kassem as New York City’s chief counsel, the top legal role in the city. He also shared that he is appointing Steven Banks a self-proclaimed "social justice attorney" as corporation counsel and Helen Arteaga as deputy mayor for health and human services.

Kassem’s record includes serving as a senior policy advisor for immigration on the White House Domestic Policy Council under former President Joe Biden.

Kassem served as lead counsel in al-Darbi’s defense. In 2014, al-Darbi pled guilty before a U.S. military commission to conspiracy in connection with an al Qaeda terrorist plot to bomb the French oil tanker MV Limburg off the coast of Yemen. One civilian was killed in the attack and several others were injured. He was convicted of the crime in 2017 and was transferred by the Trump administration in 2018 to Saudi Arabia's custody.

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Jihad Mamdani Appoints al Qaeda Terrorist Lawyer for Top Role
By Pamela Geller - on December 31, 2025
 
Twenty five years after 9/11, the conquest is complete.

Councilwoman Vickie Paladino: “Less than 25 years after thousands of New Yorkers were killed on 9/11, the Chief Counsel of New York is going to be an Islamist lawyer who came to this country after 9/11 specifically to defend the very Al Qaeda terrorists we were fighting against.

The fact that our immigration system post 9/11 even allowed him to step foot into the country is a monumental failure.
 
Disgraceful isn’t a big enough word for what’s happening here. The federal government must get a LOT more involved in New York. We cannot allow these people to go unchecked.”

https://gellerreport.com/2025/12/jihad-mamdani-appoints-al-qaeda-terrorist-lawyer-for-top-role.html/

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Councilwoman Vickie Paladino
@VickieforNYC
Less than 25 years after thousands of New Yorkers were killed on 9/11, the Chief Counsel of New York is going to be an Islamist lawyer who came to this country after 9/11 specifically to defend the very Al Qaeda terrorists we were fighting against.
The fact that our immigration system post 9/11 even allowed him to step foot into the country is a monumental failure.
Disgraceful isn't a big enough word for what's happening here. The federal government must get a LOT more involved in New York. We cannot allow these people to go unchecked.
4:47 AM · Dec 31, 2025

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And so the destruction of New York City begins....

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