The family of a 9/11 victim has accused the Biden administration of reversing course on plea deals for alleged 9/11 masterminds for political purposes after a military court judge ruled that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cannot rescind the offers.
September 11 Chief Judge Brett Eagleson responded to the news during “Fox & Friends Weekend,” calling the situation a “horrific farce” as families remain outraged by the fact that the death penalty could be abolished as a punishment for suspected perpetrators.
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Brett Eagleson: The decision to cancel it was politically motivated. We think they knew all along that there was no way to do this, but in the heat of the election, in the run-up to November, they were absolutely called upon to make a terrible decision. Look, I've never heard of a 9/11 family member thinking that was a good idea, and the truth here is that everything about 9/11, everything about this 23-year national nightmare that we had to contend with, was a terrible farce of the days that followed. September 11.
From when the United States government worked with Saudi Arabia to cover up the Saudi role, to the time we sent 5,000 or 6,000 of our troops to be slaughtered in Iraq for no reason, to the fact that Congress just took away the benefits that first responders had earned. Now this… is where we get the terrorist pellet cupcake deals. We've been kicked in the gut over and over again, and we're tired of it, and we're so optimistic that we finally have a president who's going to do the right thing here… One thing I want to point out is that on September 11 of this year, when Vice President Harris and Biden sat behind the red rope at the monument World Trade Center September 11 Memorial, President Trump was…at the New York City Firehouse. He was there with me, and I had the opportunity to talk to him.
So we said to him: Sir. Mr. President, you were right in 2016 when you said that it was Saudi Arabia that demolished those towers. He said it on this show on Fox and Friends. We said, Mr. President, we had to get the information not from the American government, about the role of Saudi Arabia, but we had to get it from the British government. We said: Mr. Mr. President, the same people who tried to take you down in Russia, Russia, Bob Mueller and this country's deep state are the same people who obstructed justice for us. They are the same people who made these terrible plea deals, can you do something to help us? He committed to us that day at the New York City firehouse on September 11 that if he was elected chief, he would do the right thing. He said that he can deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he will bring us final justice and closure, and we will hold them accountable for that. We are very optimistic. This is a new beginning for America. We have a Republican-controlled Congress, and we have a president in office who puts America first. So, let's hope he really does.
Eagleson, the son of a September 11 victim, was outraged by the decision, like many other family members, and is demanding more be done. Plea deals would allow the three men accused of planning the September 11 attacks to plead guilty in exchange for being spared punishment. death penalty.
The opinion of the court that It has not been officially published yetHe said the plea agreements reached by military prosecutors and defense attorneys were valid and enforceable, and that Austin exceeded his authority when he later tried to invalidate them.
The Pentagon has the option of going to the federal appeals court in D.C. for emergency review, but the court docket showed no filings as of Tuesday afternoon.
The hearing is scheduled for next week Guantanamo BayIn Cuba, where Muhammad and two other defendants could plead guilty in separate hearings, with the death penalty abolished as a possible penalty.
The petition deals in Long term condition The strikes against the terrorists were carried out over the summer and were approved by the senior official in the military commission at Guantanamo Bay.
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Fox News Channel's Bill Mears and Danielle Walsey contributed to this report.
