David Ahenakew, an Aboriginal leader from Canada, will not go to trial on hate crimes charges until November due to the withdrawal of his lawyer.
Ahenakew, a former chief of the Assembly of First Nations, was charged after making statements to a newspaper reporter that were considered anti-Semitic.
He said the genocide of Jewish people was justified in order to "clean up the world." Later, he said the media was controlled by Jewish people.
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