Nearly 25 Years After 9/11 — And Still No Final Trial

MAGA Viral™ editorial illustration for TD Simon’s commentary on the nearly 25-year legal battle over the prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. This is an illustration, not a documentary photograph.

Nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered on September 11, 2001.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of that attack, was captured in 2003.

And now, in 2026, we are still arguing over whether some of his statements can even be used at trial.

A military judge has suppressed key statements Mohammed made to the FBI in 2007, ruling that the government failed to prove they were voluntarily given.

Fine. Debate the legal technicalities.

But here is what the American people see:

Nearly twenty-five years after 9/11, the families of the victims still do not have a final trial.

Mohammed’s trial is now scheduled for June 2028.

That means nearly 27 years after the attacks, the man accused of helping plan the slaughter of thousands of Americans may finally face trial.

That is not justice moving carefully.

That is a system drowning in delay.

How many motions? How many hearings? How many procedural fights? How many more years are the families supposed to wait?

The Constitution matters. Due process matters.

But so does justice.

And when a case this important can drag on for nearly three decades, Americans have every right to be angry.

Nearly 3,000 people died in one morning. Their families should not have to spend a lifetime waiting for a verdict.