WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — A group called 9/11 Justice, which is made up of families of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks, is set to hold a press conference at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning, where they will call for the Saudi government to extradite a man for his role in helping carry out the deadly terrorist attack.
It comes after 60 Minutes released a bombshell report on evidence first obtained by the British government, implicating Omar al-Bayoumi surveilled the U.S. Capitol and assisted two hijackers in the lead-up to the attacks.
The group claims the FBI was given this evidence but that it “remained buried for more than twenty years.”
Justice 9/11 also demands that new FBI leadership explain why past officials failed to act on this information.
“It is heartbreaking and incredibly painful to see even more indisputable evidence confirming Saudi government involvement in the planning of the 9/11 attacks. What’s worse is knowing that this evidence has been in the hands of the FBI for over two decades and continues to be deliberately withheld from the American people and the families who lost everything,” said 9/11 Justice President Brett Eagleson.
