A Manhattan federal judge scolded lawyers for the accused Chelsea bomber, accusing them on Wednesday of dragging their feet and demanding they hurry up and get ready for trial — by the end of March.
“I can tell you, we’re working hard as we do on every case,” said Peggy Cross-Goldenberg, a lawyer for Ahmad Khan Rahimi.
“This is not every case,” a frustrated Judge Richard Berman shot back.
Rahimi stands accused of setting off pipe bombs in New York and New Jersey in September that injured dozens of people.
Berman has set a trial date for March 27 — four months after Rahimi’s November indictment.
Rahimi was arrested in September in a violent shootout that injured two New Jersey cops.
After the arrest, the feds found Rahimi carrying a handwritten journal lauding al Qaeda leaders like Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki, they said.
Rahimi — whose name is also spelled Rahami — faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted.



