Egypt’s Morsi defiant in opening session of trial


November 4, 2013 at 1:24p.m.

Egypt’s Morsi defiant in opening session of trial

CAIRO (AP) — After four months in secret detention, deposed President Mohammed Morsi defiantly rejected a court’s authority to put him on trial today, saying he still was Egypt’s leader and that those who overthrew him should face charges instead. The trial, which was interrupted twice on its first day by shouting in the raucous courtroom, was then adjourned until Jan. 8 to allow lawyers time to review the case against Morsi and his 14 co-defendants – all prominent members of the Muslim Brotherhood.