Μake us preferred on Google U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would consider releasing additional records related to the September 11, 2001, attacks after relatives of victims called for more information to be made public.
Speaking to reporters in Ireland before boarding a flight back to the United States, Trump said he would review the request when he returned.
The records sought by the families include information that could shed light on whether the perpetrators of the attacks had ties to Saudi Arabia.
Families Seek More 9/11 Records
Families of those killed in the attacks have continued to press for the declassification of additional records connected to the events.
The push has also received bipartisan support from New York lawmakers, who have urged the Trump administration to release certain phone records.
U.S. Representative Nicole Malliotakis, a New York Republican, said earlier this month that the current administration could provide an important opportunity to make more information public.
“This is probably one of the better shots that we have at getting this information out there,” Malliotakis told ABC News. She said she hoped the administration would demonstrate greater transparency on the issue.
The request comes as officials and families continue efforts to make additional records from the attacks available to the public.
New York Releases 9/11 Records
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has also made a large collection of city records publicly available.
The material includes about 170,000 pages concerning air quality, health concerns and the city’s response to the attacks.
The September 11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people after hijackers seized control of four commercial airplanes. Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center towers in New York, another struck the Pentagon in Virginia, and a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.
