Middle East: A copy of the complaint of the fugitive Saudi security official, Saad Al-Jabri, who is suing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) for attempting to kill him, published by the American journalist Vicky Ward, revealed some of what is happening in the corridors of the palaces of Al Saud, and the overwhelming US role in it and in its details.

Al-Jabri’s complaint was a door to the American investigative journalist, to get to the real reason behind the Saudi Crown Prince giving two billion dollars to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of former US President Donald Trump, and his advisor, despite the objections by a panel of financial advisers who highlighted Kushner’s lack of track record.

The writer reported that the money was possibly both an IOU for sympathetic foreign policy led by Kushner during the Trump years and also a bet by MBS on a return to the White House by Kushner’s father-in-law, Donald Trump.

However, Vicki Ward, made it clear in her investigation that these two reasons are not only what stands behind the truth of the matter, but there is a greater and real reason for the Saudi crown prince to not hesitate to pay this amount to Kushner, which is his reward for his role in removing Mohammad bin Nayef from his path. 

Kushner and Kushner’s allies who blocked top-level U.S. government support for MBS’s cousin, former Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (MBN)—a long-time intelligence and counter-terrorist asset for the U.S.—when MBN attempted a legal coup d’état in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2017. MBN believed he had enough support from the so-called “Council of Ministers” to back him in a regime change.

It was Kushner and his allies in the White House who got word to MBS of bin Nayef’s plans, and the plot was abruptly stopped. 

But, according to three sources with knowledge, it was this meddling in Saudi royal affairs that caused U.S. intelligence officials to go “apoplectic” and prevent Kushner from getting a top-level security clearance.

Meanwhile, speaking on MSNBC, journalist Jonathan Alter revealed that the original amount MBS discussed giving Kushner was $10 billion rather than the $2 billion Kushner ultimately received. 

What Vicki Ward revealed, is nothing but the tip of the iceberg, of the way governance is run in Saudi Arabia. Al Saud princes compete to serve the US, or rather serve those in the White House, in order to secure access to power or retain the throne. It seems that Washington usually stands by those who serve it more and pay more. Yet, if this is the case for the rulers of the richest Arab country, what is the state of the rulers in countries such as Bahrain, the Emirates... etc?!

Source: Alalam website (translated by Almasirah Net English)