Many organizations were pressing Biden to, at a minimum, impose the same travel sanctions against the crown prince as the Trump administration imposed on others involved in the plot. The declassified intelligence report concluded that the intervention force, which operates under the crown prince, directed the operation against Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. The Trump administration acted against 17 members of that team, imposing travel bans and other penalties. Trump refused to make it public, knowing it would fuel the action for sanctions or criminal action against Crown Prince Mohammed. But in the end, Biden came to essentially the same place on punishing the young and impetuous crown prince as did Trump and the secretary of state at the time, Mike Pompeo.

Source: Indian Express February 27, 2021 06:56 UTC