A dormant plea deal between the federal government and terrorists who masterminded the attacks on 9/11 was exposed on Wednesday by a widow who accused the Biden-Harris administration of attempting to brush a conviction under the rug.
Joanne Barbara, who lost her husband Gerard Barbara, an assistant chief in the New York Fire Department, in the attacks that day, veered off script to sharply criticize President Joe Biden for readying a plea deal that would have spared Khalid Sheikh Mohammed the death penalty in exchange for his pleading guilty to orchestrating the attacks. “My husband of 30 years was one of” the victims, Barbara said at the microphone on Wednesday. “It is outrageous that our government would ever entertain the thought of granting the terrorists a plea deal. If not for the outcry of the 9/11 community, who knows what might have transpired.”
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Going on, she added, “It has been 23 years since then, and the families deserve justice and accountability.” The crowd voiced its approval, clapping and cheering as she paused. “The elected officials show their respect and reverence to the families of September 11th or in our