House Oversight Committee launches investigation into plea deal for 9/11 defendants

Washington — The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee is opening an investigation into whether the White House was involved in the plea deal that military prosecutors reached with the alleged architect of the 9/11 terror attacks and two other defendants.

GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the Oversight panel, sent a letter to President Biden on Friday requesting information about the pretrial agreements entered into with the three defendants: Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, who was accused of masterminding the attacks, and his two accomplices, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.