Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell unloaded on the Biden Administration this week for a plea deal reached with Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11, and two of his accomplices.
“The Biden-Harris Administration’s weakness in the face of sworn enemies of the American people apparently knows no bounds,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement.
“The plea deal with terrorists – including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks that killed thousands of Americans – is a revolting abdication of the government’s responsibility to defend America and provide justice,” the Kentucky lawmaker said, adding “The only thing worse than negotiating with terrorists is negotiating with them after they are in custody.”
“The families of their victims and the American people deserve real justice,” the senator continued. “In the same week that Israel eliminated some of Iran’s most trusted terrorist proxies, the Administration’s decision to spare these mass-murderers from the death penalty is an especially bitter pill.”
“Meanwhile, the Biden-Harris Administration still seeks to release other Guantanamo terrorists back into the world. The Administration’s cowardice in the face of terror is a national disgrace,” he concluded.
More on the plea deal from The New York Post:
The agreement struck between the Convening Authority for Military Commissions and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi – who stand accused of providing training, financial support and other assistance to the 19 terrorists who hijacked commercial airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa. on Sept. 11, 2001 – will allow the three men to skirt the death penalty, The Post has learned.
The White House said it was only informed of the plea agreement on Wednesday, with a National Security Council official telling The Post that Biden played “no role in this process.” The court proceedings are being handled through the military justice system.
Still, Biden had previously stated that one of his goals for his first term was to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which this agreement could help facilitate.
More over at The New York Post:
9/11 mastermind KSM and two other terrorists awaiting trial on Guantanamo Bay strike plea deals https://t.co/NoJu2IjfLM pic.twitter.com/ogleE9YwR4
— New York Post (@nypost) July 31, 2024
