(Fox) Top Republicans in Congress are introducing a new bill to stop the White House from offering plea deals to suspected 9/11 terrorists.
A pretrial agreement between the 9/11 defendants and the government removed the death penalty as a possibility for punishment, but legislation led by Sens. Tom Cotton, Intelligence Committee chair, and longtime Republican leader Mitch McConnell would reinstate it.
The Justice for 9/11 Act would prevent the military court from offering plea deals to the 9/11 terrorists by requiring a trial and ensuring the death penalty remains an option in sentencing.
Additionally, as President Biden draws down the population of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in the final days he is in office, the bill would also require the defendants to be kept on the Cuban island in solitary confinement and prohibit them from being extradited to another country.
