The United States has imposed sanctions on 17 Saudi officials for their alleged role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
The announcement from the U.S. Treasury came just hours after Saudi prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty for five people charged in the death of the U.S. based Washington Post columnist.
The sanctioned individuals include ( ) Saud al-Qahtani, a senior adviser to Crown Prince ( ) Mohammed bin Salman before King Salman removed him after the killing.
This marks the first concrete response by the Trump administration to the journalist’s murder last month that sparked a diplomatic crisis.