Mr. Pompeo’s statement did not offer a rationale for why the State Department does not consider Ms. Muthana a citizen. Ms. Muthana, he said, was born a month after her father was discharged from his position as a United Nations diplomat. Swift said, Ms. Muthana’s family received a letter indicating that her passport had been revoked. Mr. Shibly said that her father left the foreign service in June 1994. Ms. Muthana, Mr. Shibly said, “is trying to turn herself in to federal authorities and face consequences for her actions.”

Source: New York Times February 20, 2019 21:38 UTC