{"id":1743151,"date":"2022-11-17T22:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T03:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743151"},"modified":"2022-11-17T22:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T03:47:50","slug":"breaking-biden-breaks-promise-to-hold-mbs-accountable-for-killing-journalist-shields-him-from-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-biden-breaks-promise-to-hold-mbs-accountable-for-killing-journalist-shields-him-from-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Biden Breaks Promise To Hold MBS Accountable For Killing Journalist, Shields Him From Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-biden-breaks-promise-to-hold-mbs-accountable-for-killing-journalist-shields-him-from-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden\u2019s administration<\/a> moved to shield <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s<\/a> Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from a lawsuit on Thursday over his involvement in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration said that MBS\u2019 status holding a high office \u201callows immunity\u201d in response to a lawsuit filed by Khashoggi\u2019s fianc\u00e9e and by the rights group he founded, Democracy for the Arab World Now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe State Department recognizes and allows the immunity of Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman as a sitting head of government of a foreign state,\u201d said Richard C. Visek, Acting Legal Adviser, United States Department of State, in a letter. \u201cThe State Department recognizes and allows the immunity of Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman as a sitting head of government of a foreign state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder common law principles of immunity articulated by the Executive Branch in the exercise of its Constitutional authority over foreign affairs and informed by customary international law, Prime Minister bin Salman as a sitting head of government is immune while in office from the jurisdiction of the United States District Court in this suit,\u201d the letter continued. \u201cIn making this immunity determination, the Department of State takes no view on the merits of the present suit and reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of the heinous murder of Jamal Khashoggi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter concluded by requesting that the U.S. Department of Justice \u201csubmit a suggestion of immunity to the district court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Biden administration suggests immunity for MBS in DAWN &#038; Cengiz lawsuit for murder of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JamalKhashoggi?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JamalKhashoggi<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>breaking promise for accountability, Biden guarantees MBS impunity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/72n3dV53Gx\">pic.twitter.com\/72n3dV53Gx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Leah Whitson (@sarahleah1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahleah1\/status\/1593442376063897601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-fearing-saudi-arabia-wont-penalize-mbs-after-he-promised-during-election-that-he-would-hold-saudi-leaders-accountable-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in 2019 that he wanted to \u201cmake [Saudi Arabia] pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are\u201d after U.S. intelligence said in a report that they assessed that MBS \u201capproved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration moved to shield Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from a lawsuit on Thursday over his involvement in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. 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