No plea deal for 9/11 terrorists: NY Rep. Michael Lawler and 32 House colleagues urge Biden

(NY Post) A bipartisan group of House representatives are demanding the Biden administration abandon a potential plea deal for the accused 9/11 terrorists, which would spare the death penalty for alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other defendants.

“If true, this would be a grave miscarriage of justice, especially for the families of the 2,977 innocent civilians and first responders we lost that fateful day,” the NY lawmakers said in an Aug. 23 letter to President Biden, a copy of which was obtained by the Post.

GOP Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY), who drafted the note, was joined by Democrat Rep. Pat [Ryan] and 32 other Republican members of Congress, including Reps. Elise Stefanik, Nicole Malliotakis, Nick Langworthy, Andrew Garbarino, Anthony D’Esposito, Claudia Tenney and Nick LaLota.

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