“What the administration decided this week in granting sovereign immunity to Mohammed bin Salman is in keeping with the practice of, custom of lawsuits involving foreign heads of state. It would have been a break of those customs to not grant that kind of immunity.”
-Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), speaking to host Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday,” about the Biden Administration’s assertion Thursday that the Saudi crown prince should be shielded from lawsuits in the United States. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) agreed. [Politico]