Attorneys for Alleged "Virginia Jihad Gang" Member Fail to Disqualify Evan Kohlmann
By Andrew Cochran
On September 16 of last year, Ali Asad Chandia of College Park, a Maryland suburb of Washington, was arrested and after being indicted with Mohammed Ajmal Khan. They were charged with "conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization." Both men were accused of being part of the "Virginia Jihad" gang that sought to support Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Pakistani-based terrorist organization. You can read more about the arrests and their links to the gang and LeT in my September 16-17 post about the arrests and indictments (with links to other sources).
Chandia attorneys recently moved to disqualify Evan Kohlmann as an "expert witness." The federal government, in its opposition to the motion, cited numerous details of Evan's history and experience - you can read it here (Word document). The judge dismissed the motion last Friday. The lawyers had also tried to disqualify him in the trial of Ali Al-Timimi, the spiritual leader of the "Virginia jihad gang," with the same result.
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