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Forward of a go to to the nation’s capital by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) on Tuesday, a cohort of 9/11 survivors, first responders, and members of the family of these misplaced, are urging President Donald Trump to demand that Saudi Arabia take accountability for its alleged function within the tragic Sept. 11, 2021 assaults.
A number of weeks in the past, United States federal district courtroom decide George B. Daniels dominated towards Saudi Arabia’s efforts to dismiss a lawsuit introduced towards them by the households of 9/11 victims, which alleged the nation was social gathering to the assaults. Daniels’ resolution to let the case go to trial appeared to agree with the decide claiming in his August 2025 ruling that Saudi authorities brokers offered “important assist” for the hijackers.
“The backdrop to this go to is the latest ruling of a federal decide in New York that Saudi Arabia should stand trial for its function within the 9/11 terrorist assaults that murdered 3,000 of our family members,” 9/11 Justice President Brett Eagleson, whose father died within the assaults, mentioned. “As Washington prepares to roll out the pink carpet for the Saudi Crown Prince, we wish to shine a highlight on the info discovered by the courtroom, the overwhelming proof of Saudi authorities assist for the 9/11 plot, and the households’ practically 25-year battle for justice.”
The assertion follows a comparable name to Trump from 9/11 Households United, a separate group representing 9/11 victims and their households, which was launched final week.
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Fox Information Digital reached out to the Saudi Embassy in Washington, in addition to the White Home for remark, however didn’t obtain a response in time for publication.
Daniels’ August ruling implicating Saudi Arabia within the 9/11 assaults is simply one of many newest developments in a multi-decade authorized battle that began in 2002.
Whereas the dominion has denied that anybody from the Saudi Arabian authorities directed the people accused of conspiring with 9/11 hijackers, Daniels mentioned he discovered it “extra possible than not” that there was “some connection.”
The allegations focus on Omar al-Bayoumi and Sheikh Al Fahad Thumairy, two people that the 9/11 victims allege have been social gathering to serving to the hijackers.
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seen talking to former President Joe Biden. (Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Courtroom/Handout through REUTERS)
Among the many allegations towards Bayoumi, who has vital ties to the Saudi authorities in line with declassified FBI paperwork, is that he helped the hijackers discover an house. When the hijackers utilized for the house, Bayoumi co-signed the lease and listed himself as the brand new house’s guarantor.
In line with Bayoumi, it’s customary for the Islamic group to assist newcomers discover an house.
In the meantime, proof additionally confirmed Bayoumi touring to Washington, D.C. alongside two Saudi authorities officers employed by the embassy, in line with Daniels’ ruling. Each of the Saudi authorities officers, Mutaeb Al-Sudairy and Adel Al-sadhan, additionally had ties to Thumairy, who they met in Los Angeles for an Islamic occasion between December 1998 and January 1999.
After spending a couple of days in Los Angeles, in line with Daniels, the pair of Saudi officers traveled to San Diego, the place they stayed with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the 9/11 assaults.
A subsequent letter from Bayoumi to Thumairy thanked him for coordinating the journey that “provid[ed] us with brothers Mutaeb Al-Sudairy and Adel Al-sadhan.”
Thumairy, who left the U.S. for Saudi Arabia shortly earlier than the 9/11 assaults, is accused of getting met with the hijackers after they first got here to California in early 2000. He denies the allegation regardless of being pictured with them, in line with Daniels. Bayoumi, who federal brokers present in 2001 was in possession of a notepad with varied airplane drawings, calculations, and notes in it, is alleged to have met them shortly thereafter.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman throughout a espresso ceremony on the Saudi Royal Courtroom on Might 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Win McNamee/Getty Pictures)
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President Trump is about to host the Crown Prince for talks Tuesday. Bettering diplomatic relations between the 2 nations has been a precedence for Trump. He visited the dominion in Might, which was his first main worldwide journey of Trump’s second time period.
“I hope that Saudi Arabia might be going into the Abraham Accords very shortly,” Trump advised reporters aboard Air Pressure One on Friday forward of this week’s MBS assembly in Washington, in line with the Related Press.
