When was the Saudi crown prince summoned by the American court?
The first in August and the second in October 2020.
What is the case against bin Salman?
The attempt to assassinate the former officer in the Saudi security apparatus, Saad Al-Jabri.
How was the summons sent?
Through “WhatsApp”, where it published documents showing its arrival and access to it by the addressee.
The establishment of a lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, before foreign courts, represents a development and a qualitative leap in the path of his prosecution and his directions in targeting Saudi dissidents, according to international human rights organizations.
Suspicions about “bin Salman” continue to be suspected, the latest of which was the attempted assassination of the Saudi officer Saad Al-Jabri, which prompted the Federal Court in Washington to issue a summons to the young prince, in addition to a number of individuals associated with him and all of the assassination squad.
Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit filed against the Saudi crown prince, who is seen as the de facto ruler of the Kingdom, and whether or not he will appear before the court based on the summons issued to him or not, (highly unlikely); however, what happened is a quantum leap. In the course of the prosecution of the Saudi crown prince before the world’s courts, and he may affect his name in the coming period.
New call
On October 29, 2020, CNN revealed that a Washington court sent subpoenas to the Saudi crown prince, via the WhatsApp application.
A document by the Washington court showed that it sent a memorandum and letters of summons to Prince Mohammed bin Salman via WhatsApp, in both Arabic and English, on September 22.
The court documents also included a picture of the messages sent via WhatsApp showing their arrival and access to them by the addressee, and the memo was sent specifically at 4:55 PM Eastern Time in the United States (11:05 PM Saudi time), and the addressee saw it 20 minutes after its arrival. .
The court also directed subpoenas to the Misk Charitable Foundation and 9 Saudi defendants, including Deir Al-Asaker, director of the private office of the Saudi crown prince, Saud Al-Qahtani, a former advisor to the royal court, and Ahmed Asiri, former deputy head of Saudi General Intelligence, through WhatsApp and Signal. “.
Previous call
This was not the first recall. On August 10, 2020, the US District Court, Washington, issued a warrant summoning bin Salman and 13 other people. And within the framework of the case filed by the former officer in the Saudi security apparatus, Saad Al-Jabri.
Saad Al-Jabri is prosecuting the Saudi crown prince in American courts with a number of charges. Including the attempt to assassinate him in the manner of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who was killed in his country’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2018.
The lawsuit filed against the young Saudi prince in American courts was based on the knowledge of senior US officials of the details of the assassination attempt by “bin Salman”, and calls for compensation from the latter and close to him for masterminding the attempt to kill Al-Jabri.
The Saudi authorities have been seeking for some time to lure the former intelligence officer to Riyadh, and they fear for the files he carries with him for the tasks he carried out in the agency and his proximity to the Crown Prince and former Minister of Interior Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, and the authorities have arrested the two sons of Al-Jabri, Omar and Sara, months ago.
Dangerous development
Dr. Adel Al-Masni, a researcher in international relations, considers bin Salman’s summoning to the American trial “a dangerous development in the context of the prosecutions that are raised in the West.”
Al-Masni believes that bin Salman “will not be able to hide and dilute his violations no matter how much money he expends, because in the end, international law is lying in wait for him.”
In his interview with Al Khaleej Online, he indicated that the chances of bin Salman escaping from the US judiciary “depend on several things, the most important of which is Trump’s victory,” explaining by saying: “If the elections go against Saudi Arabia’s wishes, then a cold winter awaits bin Salman.”
He also explains this by saying: “The Khashoggi case is one of the most prominent charges that he was personally involved in, but Trump confronted the law and stopped the repercussions of the case.”
The political analyst believes that bin Salman, “will follow the American elections with great concern, because if Trump falls, Mohammed bin Salman will fall with him because he is illegal, and the most dangerous lies in the mounting opposition in the Saudi house with the continued failure in managing the Kingdom’s internal, regional and international relations.”
On the implications of the case and its outcome, Al-Masni says, “The court summoning Bin Salman reads in the context of the United States’ desire to reduce the burden of responsibility in covering up and defending the perpetrator.”
He added: “In the end, the summons puts bin Salman in the category of accusation and questions his integrity and the chances of transferring power to him, which is an indicator that will be effective if Trump falls.”
Will Trump and Biden intervene?
It is no secret that US President Donald Trump supports Riyadh, especially the crown prince, especially his support for the latter in the Khashoggi assassination case at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
“Reuters” agency quoted two Saudi sources as saying that Mohammed bin Salman’s aides are accelerating a campaign on “Twitter” against bin Nayef and Al-Jabri before the US presidential elections in November; In anticipation of the loss of office, President Donald Trump, who has publicly expressed support for bin Salman.
The agency noted that Trump’s opponent, the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, took a tougher stance towards the Saudi crown prince, promising to make him “pay for” Khashoggi’s killing, and also pledging to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
In view of the date of the US presidential elections (November 3, 2020), the chances of the candidates Trump and Biden – according to observers – will not be affected much by the background of Saad al-Jabri’s lawsuit; This is because the election date is considered very close when compared to court cases that take a long time.
But in the event that more important details and information are revealed, or the Jabri case receives greater parliamentary and popular interest in America, Biden may have a greater share in obtaining the presidency, which will put bin Salman in an embarrassing position. It is not unlikely that Biden would support Jabri, according to observers.
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