Lawyers for a man charged last year with planting bombs in Manhattan and New Jersey say prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to bring in an expert witness on foreign terrorist organizations to testify in the case as it would serve to inflame and prejudice the jury.

Attorneys for Ahmad Khan Rahimi, who has pleaded not guilty to an eight-count indictment that includes use of a weapon of mass destruction, also argued that statements he made to police while he was being treated for gunshot wounds were involuntary and should be suppressed. Rahimi was shot 11 times by police in the course of his being apprehended.

Rahimi, a U.S. citizen who was born in Afghanistan, is accused of planting two pressure-cooker bombs on the evening of Sept. 17, 2016, in the Chelsea section of Manhattan, of which one detonated and shot a Dumpster 120 feet in the air and injured 30 people.