9/11 Family Members Demand Trump Admin Release Docs ‘Deep State Has Hidden’ During Memorial

Two family members of 9/11 victims demanded during a 25th anniversary memorial Friday that the Trump administration release files that could potentially shed more light on what role Saudi Arabia played in the terrorist attack.

During a ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial in New York City, family members of 9/11 victims called for the Trump administration to tell Saudi Arabia, home to Osama bin Laden and most of the hijackers, to “stop lying” about its alleged role in the attacks and demanded that the federal government release related documents. Saudi Arabia has long been accused of playing a part in the terrorist attacks, with allegations ranging from direct Saudi involvement, to theories that the CIA used Saudi assets as cover in a bid to obtain human intelligence from two of the hijackers.

Terry Strada slammed Saudi Arabia during the ceremony after reading the name of her deceased husband, Tom Strada, saying: “How can it be 25 years and still we have no justice for the role that Saudi Arabia played in your murder?,” Fox 5 New York reported.

“Yes, we finally made it into a court and proved that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia fomented a rancid culture of anti-American terrorism around the globe and then sent its agents to support the radical Islamic hijackers so they could attack you and all of our loved ones,” Strada added.

Strada went on to criticize the U.S. government, suggesting that previous presidential administrations chose to “protect the Saudis.”

“For 25 years, administration after administration, including leaders in front of us here today, chose to protect the Saudis instead of standing with the 9/11 families,” Strada said, according to Fox 5. “Tell the Saudis to stop lying. Tell them that if they want to be friends with the USA they cannot continue to deny all of this, all of the pain, all of the destruction that we’ve been suffering through.”

Vice President JD Vance was notably in attendance at Friday’s remembrance ceremony in New York City alongside former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, The Hill reported.

“Please carry that message back,” Strada said to Vance, Fox 5 reported. “Stand with the families. Stand with the survivors. Stand with Americans. As my husband, Tom, would’ve said, that is always the right thing to do.”

Additionally, the nephew of Lisa Marie Terry, who was also killed during 9/11, claimed during the ceremony that “the Deep State has hidden the truth about what happened 25 years ago,” The Washington Times reported.