Blaming only Osama bin Laden for the 9/11 terror attacks has families of the nearly 3,000 victims saying Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is taking the easy way out.

Bin Salman said he felt “pain about the families of 9/11 in America” during Tuesday’s Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump. The prince, however, did not address the lawsuit playing out against his country in a Manhattan federal court.

“Osama bin Laden used Saudi people in that event for one main purpose — to destroy this relationship,” the prince said, adding it hurt tourism while helping extremism.

That view, said 9/11 Justice President Brett Eagleson, can’t go unchallenged.

“The Saudi crown prince invoking Osama bin Laden … does not change the fact that a federal judge in New York ruled a few short months ago that Saudi Arabia must stand trial for its role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks that murdered … our loved ones,” said Eagleson.

“The facts found by the court point to overwhelming evidence of Saudi government support for the 9/11 plot, and our nearly 25-year fight for justice,” Eagleston added in a statement to the Herald. “While we recognize the value of a strong U.S.-Saudi relationship moving forward, it is imperative the Saudi government officials named by the court who conspired with the 9/11 hijackers be brought to the United States to face justice.”

Trump also jumped at the question over Bin Salman’s culpability in the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi — with the president saying the prince “knew nothing about it. And we can leave it at that. You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that.”

As the Herald reported Monday, the heart of the 9/11 lawsuit against the Kingdom is the fact that of all the 19 hijackers, 15 were citizens of Saudi Arabia. They were all affiliated with al-Qaeda and hijacked four jets, including two out of Boston.

The thrust of Tuesday’s meeting was to push for peace in the Middle East and promote investment in the U.S. The prince announced that Saudi Arabia was increasing its planned investments in the U.S. to $1 trillion.

Trump has also agreed to sell the Saudis F-35 fighter jets as he nudges the prince to normalize relations with Israel. Saudi Arabia, however, is still holding out for Palestinian statehood.

“We want to be part of the Abraham Accords, but we want also to be sure that we secure a clear path of a two-state solution,” Bin Salman said, according to the Associated Press.