Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah appears during his arraignment in Portland on Aug. 22, 2016. Federal law enforcement officials believe the Saudi Arabian government helped him flee the United States before his manslaughter trial the following year.
Daily Mail: FBI finds the Saudi government 'almost certainly' helps its citizens escape prosecution in the US for serious crimes while American officials looked the other way
* The Saudi Government has been secretly helping its citizens escape prosecution for serious crimes in the US, the FBI has determined
* A new bulletin from the federal agency revealed the secret effort has been carried out largely to spare the Persian Gulf kingdom embarrassment
* The FBI warned the practice, which has been going on for years while US officials looked the other way, will likely continue without their intervention
* The revelation comes after President Donald Trump signed into law a new requirement backed by Congressman Ron Wyden of Oregon
* The law requires the FBI publicly disclose what it knows about the Saudi government's suspected role in helping its citizens avoid prosecution in the US
* Among those suspected of escaping justice is Abulrahman Sameer Noorah, 21, who vanished weeks before his 2017 trial in the hit-and-run death of Fallon Smart
A new bulletin from the FBI has revealed that the Saudi government 'almost certainly' helped its citizens escape prosecution for serious crimes they were charged with in the US, and American officials looked the other way for years.
The secret effort was carried out to spare the Persian Gulf kingdom embarrassment, while US officials looked the other way for years, and will likely continue without their intervention, the FBI said in the bulletin released Friday.
The revelation comes after President Donald Trump signed into law a requirement backed by Representative Ron Wyden of Oregon that the FBI disclose what it knows about the Saudi government's suspected role in helping its citizens avoid prosecution in the US.
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WNU Editor: There is only one way to stop this practise. Use this history of flight risk to deny bail to Saudi citizens who have been arrested on serious crimes.
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Saudi government 'almost certainly' helps its citizens flee US to escape prosecution, FBI says -- Washington Examiner
2 comments:
Deny them student visas.
Let them study in Berlin or Moscow.
Win win
Easy to sign legislation. By the evil Trump, of course. Lots of little "stuff" that doesn't get reported to any extent and yet needed doing for decades. Like illegal immigration.
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