State Department lawyers noted that the Biden administration “has determined that Plaintiff bin Salman, as the head of a foreign government, enjoys immunity from the jurisdiction of US courts.”
The US government has determined that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, he is immune from any prosecution for his murder Jamal Khashoggian event condemned by the fiancee of the Saudi journalist.
Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered in October 2018 by Saudi agents at the country’s consulate in Istanbul, an operation that Prince Mohammed ordered, according to US intelligence.
“Jamal died again today,” his fiancée shot back Hatiche Cengiz on Twitter when the news broke.
He later added: “We thought there might be a light towards justice from the US, but again the money came first. This is a world that neither I nor Jamal know.”
A spokesman for the White House National Security Council explained in a written statement that the decision was made by the State Department based on “long-standing and well-established principles of international law.”
State Department lawyers noted that the Biden administration “has determined that Plaintiff bin Salman, as the head of a foreign government, enjoys immunity from the jurisdiction of US courts.”
In late September, Saudi Arabia’s Prince bin Salman appointed Prince Mohammed as the country’s prime minister.
THE Biden faced criticism for his July meeting with the crown prince during his visit to Saudi Arabia. The White House had announced that the US president had told Prince Mohammed that he held him responsible for Khashoggi’s murder.
Mohammed bin Salman himself denies that he ordered the journalist’s murder, but has admitted that it happened “under my supervision”.
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