2022-10-05 | By middleeastmonitor | 44 Hits

Lawyers for Saudi Arabia39s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have told a court in the United States that his recent appointment as Prime Minister guarantees him immunity from prosecution over the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi confirming predictions that the Crown Prince took up his new position for exactly that reason The lawyers made that statement in a petition yesterday requesting a federal district court in Washington to dismiss the case against bin Salman which was launched following a lawsuit in 2020 over the killing of >>READ MORE