Biden's involvement in plea deal with 9/11 terrorists now under investigation by Republicans in uproar that death penalty was scrapped

House Republicans are opening an investigation into President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' domiciled successful nan arguable plea woody offered to 3 of nan 9/11 masterminds. 

On Wednesday 3 of nan 5 men who allegedly played pivotal roles successful nan attacks that killed astir 3,000 Americans connected September 11, 2001 reached an statement that would spot them detained for life but debar nan decease penalty.  

The White House said it had nary domiciled successful nan pre-trial agreements and conscionable learned of nan woody arsenic it was made public. 

'That White House officials and you, arsenic President and Commander successful Chief, would activity to region your Administration from this determination is understandable fixed really absurd it is, but it is acold from believable aliases appropriate,' Oversight Chairman James Comer wrote successful a missive to Biden. 

Comer, R-Ky., said his committee was besides concerned astir nan 'lack of transparency' astir nan woody fixed that overmuch of it has not yet been disclosed. 

Comer demanded a complete transcript of nan plea deal, each documents betwixt nan White House and Defense Department related to it and each discussions of avoiding nan decease punishment by August 16. 

Sixteen years aft prosecution began, nan 3 men will beryllium capable to debar nan decease punishment successful a plea woody reached pinch subject prosecutors. 

Top mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and 2 co-conspirators Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi reached nan woody aft 27 months of negotiations pinch prosecutors and it was approved connected Wednesday by a elder Pentagon official. 

Their sentencing will not hap earlier summertime 2025. 

Two of nan 5 defendants were not included successful nan deal. One, Ramzi bin al-Shibh,  was deemed not fresh for proceedings owed to intelligence illness. Another, Ammar al-Baluchi, could guidelines proceedings alone. 

The men person been successful custody without convictions since 2003 but nan lawsuit was bogged down successful pretrial proceedings complete whether grounds obtained by their torture successful concealed C.I.A. prisons would beryllium admissible successful court. 

Last twelvemonth Biden rejected a woody that would person spared each 5 suspects from nan decease penalty, according to a New York Times report. 

The prisoners had projected a woody that would guarantee they would not service solitary confinement, that they would beryllium allowed to eat and believe pinch different prisoners, arsenic they do now astatine Guantanamo. 

They besides wanted guarantees of a civilian-run programme to dainty slumber disorders, encephalon injuries, gastrointestinal harm and different injuries they opportunity they've sustained from U.S. torture.

Back successful 2009 then-Attorney General Holder tried to put Mohammed and 4 others connected proceedings successful a national tribunal successful Manhattan and promised to activity nan decease penalty. But bringing nan terrorists onto U.S. ungraded drew guidance from Republicans and immoderate Democrats. 

So alternatively of nan national tribunal system, nan lawsuit went done nan subject commissions process. 

It is yet unclear wherever nan terrorists will service their sentences. Joe Biden has been wanting to adjacent Guantanamo Bay, wherever they are detained, since he came into office.

If nan detention installation connected nan subject base, known arsenic Camp Delta, is unopen down, nan detainees could beryllium moved to ADX Florence successful Colorado, nan only supermax situation successful nan U.S. that already houses 9/11 terrorists.