#shorts On 11/18/2022, during press briefing, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “And just to press this again, though: Was the President at all involved in the State Department’s decision regarding MBS and this Khashoggi case? Was he consulted by State Department officials, Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, anybody else? Was he asked to weigh in?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, again, this is — immunity determination is a legal one. That’s what I was laying out earlier. The United States consistently has afforded head of state immunity to heads of governments, such as prime ministers, consistent with customary institutional law.

U.S. practice on this issue is longstanding and consistent, including a number of head of state immunity cases from the past four administrations. And the example is President Aristide — this was Hait- — of Haiti in 1993. President of Zimbabwe — the president of Zimbabwe at the time in 2001. Prime Minister Modi, India, as we all know, in 2014.

And the State Department and DOJ will have more information for you on these particular — on these particular pieces.

I’m not aware —

Reporter: Right, but I’m asking about presidential involvement.

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m — I’m just going to answer. I’m not — I’m not aware of any conversations providing advance notice. And so, I can — I can just say that I am not aware of any of — any advance notice to this particular issue.

other clips of this published longer video is here:
https://youtu.be/q_L8k7vK9eY
Q: I’m asking presidential involvement A: I am not aware of any, I’m not aware