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President Donald Trump indicated on Sunday that he will review requests from relatives of 9/11 victims to release documents that could shed light on the alleged role of Saudi Arabia in the terrorist attacks that occurred 25 years ago.
For several years, various families have asserted that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia gained influence within the Saudi government and assisted the hijackers. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi, but the kingdom's government has always denied any involvement in the attacks.
The families have asked the president to declassify and release the relevant documents. When asked about it during his trip to Ireland, Trump stated on Sunday that he would weigh the possibility of doing so.
“I’m going to look at it when I get back,” Trump noted shortly before boarding Air Force One to return to Washington after a weekend in Ireland. “I know they asked me on Friday.”
The families of the 9/11 victims have been involved in a long-standing legal dispute against the Saudis. One of the family members, Terry Strada, asked Trump during Friday's commemoration ceremony in New York City to tell “the Saudis to stop lying.”
Strada, who lost her husband Tom Strada in the attacks, claimed that U.S. presidents had chosen to “protect the Saudis instead of backing the 9/11 families.”
Strada, who was one of the 9/11 family members who read the names of the victims aloud at this year's commemoration, added that the current administration should “stand with the families, stand with the survivors.”
“It has been betrayal after betrayal,” she emphasized. “President Trump can still change that.”
[Publicidad]