Budget cuts imposed on the trial of Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, will mean that the case is halted until some time next year, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Washington's federal budget squeeze has meant lawyers at the trial of Abu Ghaith must go on at least six weeks of unpaid leave.
At a hearing in New York, Abu Ghaith's attorney, Martin Cohen, said it would be "very difficult" to ready the case for the original date of September and instead suggested January as the new trial start date.
Abu Ghaith, a former preacher in Kuwait, is acccused of helping to plot the 9/11 attacks. He was turned over to U.S. authorities in February after being deported from Turkey.
