The Biden-Harris administration revealed a controversial deal with accused terrorists this week -- which the White House distanced itself from -- that sparked an immediate and furious backlash and a swift reversal from a senior Cabinet official.

It does not appear that either President Joe Biden or Kamala Harris, nor top Democratic leaders in Congress, have publicly addressed the now-rescinded plea deals for three alleged 9/11 plotters, including former top Al Qaeda leader Khalid Shaik Mohammad, according to Fox News.

The proposed plea deal was announced on Thursday but, just one day later amid intense national outrage, Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin overrode the decision and revoked the offered agreement with the terror suspects being detained at a U.S. facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Pentagon office extends plea deal offer to alleged 9/11 plotters

The New York Post reported on Wednesday with exclusive details on the proposed plea deal announced by the Office of Military Commissions for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaik Mohammad and two of his alleged accomplices, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, who have been in U.S. custody since 2003.

The proposed deal would reportedly have the terrorist trio plead guilty to murder and other charges in exchange for not standing trial and avoiding the death penalty. They would also reportedly be required to respond in writing to questions "regarding their roles and reasons for conducting the September 11 attacks."

That announcement resulted in immediate and intense blowback from advocates for and the families of the nearly 3,000 innocent victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks, who demanded that the accused plotters face the full measure of justice and retribution for their murderous acts.

White House claims no involvement in reported pretrial agreement

The White House wasted little time in attempting to distance itself from the proposal, as National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said during a Thursday press briefing that the White House had only just "received word" of the pretrial agreements and was not involved in the decision.

"We had no role in that process. The president had no role. The vice president had no role. I had no role. The White House had no role," Sullivan insisted. "And we were informed yesterday -- the same day that they went out publicly that this pretrial agreement had been accepted by the convening authority."

He added, "What the president did upon learning of that was direct his team to consult as appropriate with officials and lawyers at the Department of Defense on this matter. Those consultations are ongoing, and I have nothing more to add at this time."

Austin revokes proposed plea agreement

The entire situation was then reversed on Friday, according to the Associated Press, when Defense Sec. Austin intervened in the matter and exercised his authority to render the proposed plea agreements null and void.

In a memo addressed to retired Brig. Gen. Susan Escallier, who was appointed to oversee the OMC, Austin wrote, "I have determined that, in light of the significance of the decision to enter into pre-trial agreements with the accused in the above-referenced case, responsibility for such a decision should rest with me as the superior convening authority under the Military Commissions Act of 2009."

"Effective immediately, I hereby withdraw your authority in the above-referenced case to enter into a pre-trial agreement and reserve such authority to myself," he added. "Effective immediately, in the exercise of my authority, I hereby withdraw from the three pre-trial agreements that you signed on July 31, 2024 in the above-referenced case."

Biden reportedly rejected a previous plea deal proposal

Aside from the initial denial from NSA Sullivan, the White House has been silent amid the continuing fallout from the decision to offer plea deals to the alleged plotters and facilitators of the worst terrorist attack on American soil in the nation's history.

That said, the AP noted that President Biden previously rejected a separate proposed deal last year when he refused to provide a requested guarantee that the alleged terrorists would not be held in solitary confinement and would receive special care for the "trauma" they endured under alleged torture while in CIA custody.