Salman Rushdie attends the 36th edition of the Book Fair in Turin, Italy, Friday, May 10, 2024. (Alberto Gandolfo/LaPresse via AP)
FILE — Hadi Matar, charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, listens during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY., Aug. 18, 2022. Matar's lawyer is in talks with county and federal prosecutors to try to resolve existing charges of attempted murder without a trial — as well as potential terrorism-related charges that could still be coming, he said Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)
Salman Rushdie attends the 36th edition of the Book Fair in Turin, Italy, Friday, May 10, 2024. (Alberto Gandolfo/LaPresse via AP)