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autotldr t1_iyebaqg wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 79%. (I'm a bot)
> A lawyer for Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi, has accused Mohammed bin Salman of engaging in an unprecedented and blatant attempt to "Manipulate" the US court system in order to "Secure impunity" after allegedly ordering the 2018 murder of the journalist.
> In a blistering 10-page legal filing, lawyer Keith Harper, who represents Cengiz and the pro-democracy group Dawn in a US civil case against the Saudi crown prince, urged Judge John Bates to reject a controversial suggestion by the Biden administration that Prince Mohammed be granted sovereign immunity in the case.
> After asking for two extensions, the Biden administration late last month complied with the request, and said in a legal filing that it did believe Prince Mohammed ought to receive immunity from the court, citing a decision by Saudi's King Salman - Prince Mohammed's father - to appoint his son prime minister.
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avanross t1_iyehf9u wrote
But it’s completely legal for individuals or corporations to buy political influence in the states.
How can they persecute him while letting elon invest 10’s of millions in the republican party, with the promise that they will give him preferential treatment if they win power?
Cadetastic t1_iyelt0d wrote
There is an American law that does allow civil suits in these circumstances:
>Does the US routinely prosecute murders of green card holders when they’re abroad?
This is a civil suit, not a criminal charge, so there is no prosecution involved here.
isawagoose t1_iyenxlr wrote
Why did you put the word legally in quotes as if it's not actually legal? It absolutely is.
TheThingsWeMake t1_iyepj3u wrote
"It's ok when American Corporations do it. We were gonna give the foreign prince a pass cause he's kinda like a corporation, but he didn't give us the exact oil deal we asked for, so now it's a problem."
TheThingsWeMake t1_iyeq3is wrote
I agree with you but he might actually have gone too far when he started murdering and dismembering journalists.
_SpaceTimeContinuum t1_iyeqfps wrote
He manipulated Trump too.
Amn-El-Dawla t1_iyes4l5 wrote
No specific reason actually, I kind of felt like doing so..
blinkybillster t1_iyexfo1 wrote
What? Not this guy too? Are there any global super villains that can be trusted then?
lanahci t1_iyeypae wrote
Elon has yet to start dismembering journalists, he generally just bans them from his platform.
Constant_Actuary1289 t1_iyf0l3a wrote
The U.S. should pretend to care, just like the U.S. pretends to care about the Stock Market manipulation. Fuck our FAKE government
Fearless-Insect25 t1_iyf1lix wrote
imagine thinking he would get punished lmao, they are secretly best friends since Saudi has the oil for the US
Hypertasteofcunt t1_iyf2a0r wrote
Gone too far by killing a journalist? CIA has disappeared out of the chat
I aint saying you are wrong, but its like Russia claiming others are going too far killing civilians
nooo82222 t1_iyf3am1 wrote
Saudis doesn’t respect Americans and I can’t wait until oil shit is over with so we can go tell Saudi Arabia to fuck around and find out. We should have went to war with them and blew them up after 9/11
I don’t even know why we train their army , pilots and everything. Oh that’s right oil, if it wasn’t for that the world wouldn’t deal with these damn countries that have killed millions in name religion
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anonk1k12s3 t1_iyf3te1 wrote
No, he went too far when he helped Russia by lowering oil output to increase the price of oil.
No one cares about a dismembered journalist.. the US has already given him immunity for that one..
UdderSuckage t1_iyf71ng wrote
There's no benefit in issuing a judgement against the ruler of another country - it might feel good morally, but it wouldn't materially help the US or Khashoggi's family, and wouldn't harm MbS unless we were willing to take substantial financial and potentially military action against the country of Saudi Arabia.
strangeapple t1_iyf7fdp wrote
That's not how you spell "colluded with".
_SpaceTimeContinuum t1_iyf8y2u wrote
Just because he colluded doesn't mean he wasn't also manipulated. Trump is one of the easiest people to manipulate. Just throw him the red carpet and he'll do whatever you want.
hotrthanhoochezcooch t1_iyf910g wrote
Jared Kushner got a billion dollars how much did you get?
horsemagicians t1_iyfb7dk wrote
The US
“Oh its okay buddy”
willzjc t1_iyfbumz wrote
the reality is - Every single country
Amn-El-Dawla t1_iye8rnp wrote
I mean, in the country where you can 'legally' buy and fund (through lobbying) politicians that literally legislate, does attempting to manipulate the court system even seem serious?