- 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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