Exclusive: As 9/11 case is approved for trial, new evidence points to wider conspiracy

9-11 victims and their families can finally take Saudi Arabia to trial after new evidence

surfaced pointing to Saudi connections to al-Qaeda ahead of the 2001 attacks

A federal judge ruled last week that the thousands of plaintiffs can take the kingdom to civil trial

in New York City. The ruling followed 24 years of legal hurdles for the plaintiffs

victims of the terrorist attacks and their families. Jerry Goldman, an attorney for the

plaintiffs, gave an exclusive interview to Straight Arrow News about the evidence that

challenges previous findings that al-Qaeda operatives acted alone. People were suspicious of it all along. There were FBI agents who were suspicious of it all along

There were congressional investigators that were suspicious of it all along the congressional joint inquiry led by the late Senator Graham

And the 9-11 commissioners after the fact stated their investigation was in no means definitive

It was based upon what they had and what they were given

Remember, they could not talk to many of the witnesses themselves. It was filtered through the CIA or the FBI

The 9-11 Commission's report, Goldman said, left many holes and was incomplete

We added pages if it be and expanded on the conclusions which left things open that they couldn show high officials they couldn show the extent of involvement We have The new evidence points to two Saudi officials living in Southern California who helped Al members get situated before the attacks The judge allowed

us discovery in a specific area of the case. The relationship between two of the hijackers

and a Saudi support network in Southern California, helping people who had no

understanding of American culture or the English language, helping them operate in this country

getting them apartments, getting them transportation, getting them acclimated, getting them the support that they needed to function in this country so they can go out and

kill people. We've gotten that. I believe we're going to get more. It's highly unusual for foreign

nations to be tried in U.S. courts. A law enacted in 2016 allows a pathway for specific cases

such as this one, to be brought to trial. This is extraordinarily long

and it shouldn't have been this long. It should not have been this long. I got family members

dying on me. I mean, 24 years is a long time. Even after 24 years, Goldman vowed to continue

seeking a resolution for the hundreds of families and thousands of people affected by the attacks

As long as it takes to get justice for our clients, okay, that's nothing more, nothing less

Thank you for watching our news story produced by Straight Arrow News' legal reporter Ava Federley

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or visit us online at san.com. For Straight Arrow News, I'm Cara Rucker