Judge George Daniels rejected the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's motion to dismiss claims that the state and two Saudi nationals assisted the 9/11 hijackers. The plaintiffs presented reasonable evidence tying Omar al-Bayoumi and Fahad al-Thumairy to assistance for the hijackers, and the Kingdom failed to offer sufficient contrary proof. The court found many of the Kingdom's explanations self-contradictory or too weak to rebut inferences of employment and assistance. Daniels rejected assertions that Bayoumi's encounters were coincidences or that an airplane drawing was unrelated, calling such defenses conclusory or self-serving. The Kingdom did not immediately comment.
most consequential step yet in the families' pursuit of justice,
KSA did not proffer sufficient evidence to the contrary,
Although KSA attempts to offer seemingly innocent explanations or context, they are either self-contradictory or not strong enough to overcome the inference that KSA had employed
These are all either conclusory attorney speculations not grounded in facts, or self-serving denials or excuses from Bayoumi himself that do not withstand scrutiny,
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