Defend terrorists and cop-killers, and you can be a Mamdani legal adviser

Any association with “the Epstein world” renders you unfit for even an advisory role at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall — but similar ties to actual terrorists is no bar to even a top position.Seriously: City Hall says it rejected the one Jew it had considered for a panel that recommends potential judges on the grounds that John Leventhal had been an appellate lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell and even — horrors! — “collected legal fees as such.”The mayor says he doesn’t want his judicial-assessment team tainted by the “loss of faith” in the legal system represented by someone in “the Epstein world.” Hmm: The mayor’s chief counsel offers confidential, high-level legal and strategic guidance, and the guy Mamdani chose for the job is Ramzi Kassem, who has seemingly spent his career defending al Qaeda terrorists.Is it any wonder many 9/11 families don’t want the mayor anywhere near Ground Zero for the 25th anniversary ceremonies?Kassem waged a tenacious defense of al Qaeda stalwart Ahmed al-Darbi, who bombed a French oil tanker off the coast of Yemen in 2002, and did more legal work on behalf of a dozen other Guantanamo detainees.He also represented Columbia cheer-for-Hamas deportee-in-waiting Mahmoud Khalil, who probably agrees with Kassem’s long-held belief that Jews came to the Middle East “with the intention of conquering the land.” Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Never miss a story.Mamdani also had no problem naming a lawyer who specializes in defending cop-killers to the judicial-advisory board.As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, nominee Soffiyah Elijah represented notorious Brinks-robbery murderers Marilyn Buck and Sundiata Acoli in court, and writes passionately in defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Mutulu Shakur and a shocking number of other cop-killers, whom...