Frank Pellegrino
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“Now, whether that fits within what is required legally, based on other activities, a court's got to decide that,”
Frank Pellegrino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-29
Frank Pellegrino acknowledged that the legal validity of the confession was ultimately up to the court.
“Listen, I'm not saying that the government hasn't made mistakes along the way”
Frank Pellegrino · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-29
Pellegrino conceded government mistakes in the case while defending the voluntariness of the confession.
“But (the judge) was clear in his ruling that it was based only on voluntariness ... and my view has always has been that it was voluntary.”
Frank Pellegrino · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-29
Pellegrino expressed disagreement with the judge's conclusion regarding the voluntariness of Mohammed's confession.
“I couldn't have told him in any more explicit a way that he did not have to talk to me.”
Frank Pellegrino · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-29
Frank Pellegrino recalled informing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed of his rights before his 2007 interrogation.
“We gave (KSM) every opportunity to say, 'Listen, I don't want to speak to you.' And he made the decision. ... He felt he wanted to go forward,”
Frank Pellegrino · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-29
Pellegrino argued that Mohammed made a voluntary choice to speak with FBI agents in 2007.