Cotton said that with U.S. allies, it's less important 'whether they are democratic or not democratic, and more whether they are pro-American or anti-American.'
Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, was pressed about his defense of Saudi Arabia amid talk about the Biden administration granting one of its leader's immunity in a lawsuit.
, Richard Visek, an acting legal adviser for the U.S. State Department, wrote in a letter that the department"recognizes and allows" Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's claim to legal immunity as a foreign head of state.where, amid discussion of several other topics, host Shannon Bream asked if he viewed the decision as a"betrayal" of American values, given Saudi Arabia's history of human rights abuses.
Above, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton is seen at a 2021 committee hearing. Cotton on Sunday defended the Biden administration's decision to grant sovereign immunity to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia against a lawsuit concerning the killing of Jamal Khashoggi."What I would say is that Saudi Arabia is far from the world's worst abuser of human rights.
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