LawfareNov 22, 2022

On Nov. 17, the Biden administration filed a suggestion of immunity on behalf of Mohammad bin Salman (#MBS) in a suit filed by the fiancée of Jamal #Khashoggi, who was assassinated in 2018. Khashoggi’s fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, brought a case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2020, seeking relief under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 and Alien Tort Statute in connection with Khashoggi’s killing.

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Biden Administration Recognizes MBS’s Immunity in Khashoggi Case

The U.S. Department of State filing recognized Mohammed bin Salman’s sovereign immunity in the lawsuit brought by the fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi, Hatice Cengiz, stemming from his killing in 2018.

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@lawfare I think I'm going to be sick.

I know it's Realpolitik, but I hate that our need for fuel is still so large that we have to compromise our principles for it. ESPECIALLY when the crime is so heinous.

Nov 22, 2022 at 6:04pmWeb