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Miriam Burrell

US trying to shield Saudi Crown prince from prosecution for Khasoggi killing

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

(Picture: REUTERS)

The Biden administration says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s high office should shield him from a lawsuit over his role in the killing of a US-based journalist.

The administration spoke out in support of a claim of legal immunity from Prince Mohammed — Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, who also recently took the title of prime minister — against a suit brought by the fiancée of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and by the rights group Khashoggi founded, Democracy for the Arab World Now.

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