A top Al Qaeda spokesman who is the son-in-law of Usama bin Laden has been captured overseas and is in the United States to face federal charges, sources tell Fox News.
The confirmation comes after Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was captured in Jordan.
Sources told Fox News he was apprehended "some time ago," without giving specifics. Sources said he could appear in New York federal court to face charges as early as Thursday.
King said Ghaith was bin Laden's son-in-law and was part of the Sept. 11, 2001, plot against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
On Thursday, King called Ghaith's capture a "very significant victory" in U.S. efforts against Al Qaeda. "The propaganda statements in which Abu Ghaith and his late father-in-law, Usama bin Laden, praised the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 are alone enough to merit the most serious punishment," King said
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to comment on the capture when asked during Thursday's press briefing.
Fox News' Mike Levine and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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