The Biden-Harris Administration announced on Wednesday that it had secured a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, along with two of his accomplices, sparing them from the death penalty.

“Just today I heard that the Biden-Harris Department of Justic (DOJ) cut a deal with Al Qaeda terrorists Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid the death penalty,” said Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), speaking at a campaign event.

“Joe Biden, Kamala Harris have weaponized the Department of Justice to go after their political opponents, but they’re cutting a sweetheart deal with 9/11 terrorists,” Vance said. “We need a president who kills terrorists, not negotiates with them.”

The plea deal will allow the three terrorists to avoid the death penalty on the condition that they plead guilty to the murders of 2,976 people killed in the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings.

The relatives of victims killed in the attacks have expressed their outrage that terrorists will be spared from the death penalty.

“I am very disappointed. We waited patiently for a long time. I wanted the death penalty — the government has failed us,” one victim told the New York Post.

Numerous Republican lawmakers have spoken out against the plea deal, suggesting that it will make the U.S. appear weak and is a gross failure of justice.

The plea deal comes as tensions in the Middle East have risen in recent days, after Israel assassinated the leader of the Hamas terrorist group Ismail Haniyeh, carrying out their promise to kill everyone involved in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.