A plea deal for the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks and his two accomplices is being slammed by some families of the victims, New York City firefighters and high-profile Republicans.

Critics say the agreement will effectively prevent the public from ever knowing what really happened, and contend that those most responsible for nearly 3,000 deaths deserve nothing less than death.

Republicans are pointing their ire directly at President Biden and Vice President Harris — even though the White House said it played no role the negotiations.

“The Biden-Harris Administration has done the unthinkable: they’ve agreed to a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 11th attacks, and two of his accomplices,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wrote in a post on the social platform X.

The deal with the Office of Military Commissions, announced Wednesday, includes a life sentence for Mohammad and the two others, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi, in exchange for a guilty plea. All three are awaiting trial at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and had faced the death penalty.

Two others held at Guantánamo Bay and charged with plotting the 9/11 attacks have not yet signed a plea deal.

While the settlement brings partial closure to a case that has languished across two decades, many family members of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are unsatisfied.

The union representing New York City firefighters said its people are “disgusted and disappointed” with the arrangement.

“On behalf of New York City firefighters, especially the survivors of the September 11th terrorist attack who are living with the illnesses and injuries that were inflicted upon us that day, we are disgusted and disappointed that these three terrorists were given a plea deal and allowed to escape the ultimate justice while each month........

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