Military Judge Restores Plea Deals for 9/11 Terrorists

A military judge ruled that plea deals for 9/11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two codefendants may be had.

The move contradicts Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s order that revoked the plea deals.

Earlier this summer, prior to Austin’s order, a plea deal was reached for the terrorists that would allow them to avoid the death penalty.

Austin later wrote in a letter, as per Fox News, “Effective immediately, in the exercise of my authority, I hereby withdraw from the three pretrial agreements that you signed on July 31, 2024.”

Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said at the time, “This is not something that the secretary was consulted on. We were not aware that the prosecution or defense would enter the terms of the plea agreement.”

The husband of a women who was killed on September 1, 2001, retired police officer Jimmy Smith, told The New York Post, ”I am livid that this judge overturned the decision and is allowing these defendants to take a plea deal.”

“They committed the highest crime in this country and they should receive the worst punishment, which in this case is the death penalty,” Smith said. “Also I don’t believe in coincidences, they waited to release this decision until after the election. They overturned it before to help the Democrats in the election.”

MORE STORIES