Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman convicted of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi . Judge John Bates said in a statement to the court that the Saudi royal family had been charged with murder .
Washington, D.C. — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, was convicted of the 2018 assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, according to Washington federal judge John Bates.Bates said in a statement to the court on November 17 that the Saudi royal family had been charged with murder, as well as the Saudi consulates' ability to accept the prince's official position, and that a contradictory