Attorneys for the US Department of Justice said in a November court filing that the Biden Administration had determined that Prince Mohammed, "as the sitting head of a foreign government, enjoys head of state immunity from the jurisdiction of US courts as a result of that office."
Khashoggi's fiance, Hatice Cengiz, said of the decision at the time that: "Jamal died again today."
Khashoggi had criticized the crown prince's policies in Washington Post columns. He had traveled to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain papers he needed to marry Cengiz, a Turkish citizen.