"Just maybe he can convince one juror to hold out, " Kuby told CNN before the defense rested.

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"My client didn't tip him off, he was already tipped off, " Kuby said.

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But Kuby said Afzali was helping "absolutely frantic" federal agents find Zazi, who had attended his Queens mosque with his family as a teenager.

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