9/11 Justice President Brett Eagleson joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss his reaction to the news, why he believes a public trial is necessary and the importance of holding Saudi Arabia accountable for its role in the attacks.

In a painful perversion of justice, the U.S. agreed to a plea deal with terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his two accomplices that spares them the death penalty for the murders of nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001.

The long-suffering family members of the victims expected and deserved justice, but many will be left angry and disappointed by their own government’s craven surrender.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell properly expressed the outrage felt by others when he said, "The Biden-Harris Administration’s weakness in the face of sworn enemies of the American people apparently knows no bounds." He called the accepted pleas a revolting abdication of responsibility.

9/11 MASTERMIND, 2 OTHERS STRIKE PLEA DEALS WHILE AWAITING TRIAL; FAMILIES OF VICTIMS 'VERY DISAPPOINTED'

It was already shameful that the case had languished for 21 years in a military tribunal obstructed by unscrupulous defense attorneys and a revolving door of lackluster judges and inept prosecutors. A decade ago, I penned a column attacking the incompetent handling of what is, at its core, an undemanding set of criminal charges.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the........

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