A recent ruling by a U.S. court has given two top associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman until early November to start turning over any evidence in a lawsuit from a former senior Saudi intelligence official. The official claims he survived a plot by the kingdom to silence him, alleging an assassination attempt in October 2018.
The lawsuit by the former Saudi intelligence official accuses Saudi Arabia of trying to assassinate him, a claim the kingdom denies. The lawsuit also implicates former royal court adviser Saud al-Qahtani, who has been sanctioned by the Biden administration over allegations related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
