It comes days before the accused 9/11 mastermind’s scheduled guilty plea in an agreement that would spare him the death penalty.

The U.S. government earlier this year entered into the plea agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other 9/11 suspects, sparing them the death penalty.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa al Hawsaw, and Walid bin Attash can plead guilty to the terrorist attack and avoid the death penalty.

A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a US official said.

The Pentagon's appeals court has sanctioned plea deals for three individuals implicated in the planning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

A U.S. military appeals court has ruled that plea deals related to the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two accomplices can proceed after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had earlier moved to invalidate the agreements.

The Pentagon has asked a federal court to stay a plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is slated to plead guilty on Friday.

The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to block a plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants.