- Cotton said the administration have last week granted sovereign immunity is in keeping with the customs of lawsuits involving foreign heads of state.
- “It would have been a major break if those customs did not grant that kind of immunity,” Cotton said on “Fox News Sunday.”
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The administration, through the State Department said the crown prince is legally immune from a lawsuit filed by Khashoggi’s fiancee.
- The U.S. intelligence community previously concluded the killing of Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident, was ordered by the crown prince.
- Cotton also reportedly said other regimes had done worse, so the U.S. shouldn’t be too picky with its foreign partners.
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Cotton Backs Biden On MBS Immunity In Khashogi Lawsuit
Arkansas GOP Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday voiced agreement with the Biden administration’s decision to grant sovereign immunity to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to protect him from a lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
