Judge restores controversial 9/11 terrorist plea deals involving Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: report

A subject justice is putting the arguable plea deals involving 9/11 violent Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 2 codefendants backmost connected the table, contradicting an bid by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin earlier this year.

An anonymous authoritative told the Associated Press connected Wednesday that the determination to reinstate the deals was made by Air Force Col. and Judge Matthew McCall. The U.S. subject has not announced the ruling yet.

The plea deals successful the long-running case against the terrorists were struck earlier this summer. The defendants are incarcerated successful Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the deals were approved by the apical authoritative of the Gitmo subject commission.

If the plea bargains spell through, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – suspected of being the main designer of the 9/11 attacks – and 2 codefendants would debar the decease punishment successful speech for blameworthy pleas. 

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A justice precocious made an bid supporting a plea bargain involving Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. (Getty Images)

The plea deals person been condemned by a fig of 9/11 victims and U.S. politicians. The Pentagon revoked the deals successful July.

"Effective immediately, successful the workout of my authority, I hereby retreat from the 3 pretrial agreements that you signed connected July 31, 2024," a missive from Austin states. 

The Biden medication has distanced itself from the agreements. In July, Pentagon officials said that Austin was amazed by the quality of the deals.

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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a suspected al Qaeda terrorist, is shown successful this photograph released by the FBI October 10, 2001 successful Washington, D.C. Mohammed was arrested astatine a location successful Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Getty Images)

"This is not thing that the caput was consulted on," Pentagon property caput Sabrina Singh said astatine the time. "We were not alert that the prosecution oregon defence would participate the presumption of the plea agreement."

Terry Strada, the nationalist seat of 9/11 Families United, condemned the plea bargains to Fox News Digital earlier this year.

"[The terrorists] committed this heinous transgression against the United States," Strada said. "They should person faced the charges, faced the proceedings and faced the punishment. Since erstwhile bash the radical liable for execution get to telephone the shots?"

The September 11, 2001 violent attacks killed astir 3,000 guiltless people. (Getty images)

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the Pentagon for comment.

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano and the Associated Press contributed to this report.