The Biden administration declared Thursday that Saudi Arabia's crown prince should be considered immune from a lawsuit over his role in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The decision marks a turnaround from Joe Biden's passionate campaign trail denunciations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal slaying on October 2, 2018.
Dude high-fives Putin but will only barely fist-bump Biden. That should tell ya something...
The administration said the senior position of the crown prince - also Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler and recently named prime minister - should shield him against a suit brought by the fiancée of slain Washington Post columnist Khashoggi, as well as the rights group Khashoggi founded, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN).
Would this not - under American Law - be a matter for the Court and not the Executive Branch?
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