18-07-2022 23:37 via theguardian.com

White House seeks to delay decision on Prince Mohammed immunity over Khashoggi murder

Request comes after Biden returns from Saudi trip in which he claims to have raised journalist’s murder with crown princeThe Biden administration asked a US judge for a 60-day extension before it formally weighed in on whether Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, ought to be granted sovereign immunity in a case involving the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.The Department of Justice said in a filing before a US district court that it had initiated a “decisi
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