Families of 9/11 victims urge Trump and Harris to block US-Saudi deal until Saudi Arabia confesses to 9/11 role.

Over 3,000 family members of 9/11 victims are urging both former President Trump and Vice President Harris to reject any Middle East peace deal with Saudi Arabia unless the kingdom confesses and is held responsible for its role in the attack.

Brett Eagleson, head of the advocacy group 9/11 Justice, stated ahead of the 23rd anniversary of the nation's deadliest terror attack that they waited 23 years for truth, justice, and accountability.

"Evidence is mounting that the kingdom supported the 9/11 hijackers, and our government has failed to hold them accountable despite our ongoing efforts to expose their involvement."

Both Trump and Biden have been pushing for a security deal that would normalize relations between Israel and the Saudis, allow for civil nuclear energy cooperation and defense guarantees to counter Iran. However, that deal was put on ice after the Hamas attack on Israel last October.

The families present video evidence of a Saudi government official "surveying" the U.S. Capitol as proof of Saudi involvement.

An original letter was sent to both Harris and Trump last week, followed by a follow-up letter this week. Additionally, both candidates were invited to meet with them at Ground Zero next Wednesday on the 9/11 anniversary.

In your bid to become the next President of the United States, we urge you to make a commitment that you will not support any Middle East peace deal that does not hold the Saudi Arabian government accountable for its involvement in the 9/11 attacks.

Omar al-Bayoumi, an FBI-identified Saudi intelligence operative with links to two 9/11 hijackers, filmed a video for CBS in June 2024, which was published around the Capitol, highlighting entrances, exits, security posts, and a building model.

Al-Bayoumi pointed to the Washington Monument and said he would report on what is inside.

The hijackers of Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, were believed by federal investigators to have intended to fly the plane into the Capitol.

"If the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia truly wants to engage with the West, continue to buy our weapons, and obtain our nuclear technology, and defend our troops, the least they can do is acknowledge their past mistakes and admit that the practices within their government 23 years ago, which supported the hijackers and exported a radical form of Islam, were not responsible for 9/11."

MBS "had nothing to do with 9/11 – we were both 15 at the time," said Eagleson.

"Although MBS is making progress, it does not excuse them for their past wrongdoings."

The families of victims from Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia have formed 9/11 Justice and filed a lawsuit against the Saudi government, while also pushing the U.S. government to release all remaining classified documents regarding the 9/11 attacks.

The Saudi government's direct links to the 15 al Qaeda hijackers have remained unclear for years.

Eagleson stated that the government leaders, the two candidates running for office, have refused to tackle this issue, leaving us feeling frustrated.

Eagleson claims that despite Biden's 2021 executive order for the review and declassification of 9/11 documents, the process is not functioning effectively.

The London Police gave the FBI the casing video years ago, but it was not made available to the 9/11 commission or the CIA, as noted by Deputy Director Michael Morrell.

The president's briefer stated that he was 99.9% confident that they did not have the video in question. If someone had shown him the video, he would have presented it to the president, as he was the president's briefer at the time.

"Why was this video buried?" Eagleson said. "The fact that President Biden and Vice President Harris haven't seen it and President Trump hasn't seen it either just smells of conspiracy, it smells of cover-up."

The Harris and Trump campaigns could not be reached for comment.