Video Courtesy: BBC NEWSA Saudi insider-turned-critic named Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate four years ago, briefly making Prince Mohammed, sometimes known as MBS, a pariah in the West. His attorneys have in the past claimed that because he sits at the top of Saudi Arabia’s administration, he is entitled to the same level of protection as US courts grant foreign heads of state and other high-ranking officials.If the US administration decided to express an opinion at all, it had until Thursday to do so. The court is not obligated by its advice.The submission from President Joe Biden’s administration to the US District Court for the District of Columbia stated: The United States respectfully informs the Court that Defendant Mohammed bin Salman, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is the sitting head of government and, accordingly, is immune from this suit 

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