Bloomberg reported that four Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate called on President Donald Trump to help secure the freedom of the sons of Saad al-Jabri, a former Saudi security official who lives in exile in Canada.
In a letter to the White House, members said they believed the United States had a moral obligation to do whatever it could to help secure the boys ’freedom, referring to Sarah and Omar who were arrested by Saudi authorities last March.
The members added in the message, "We urge you to raise this issue with senior Saudi officials and press for the immediate release of my son Al-Jabri."
The message - which was sent to President Trump on Tuesday - was signed by both Democratic Senators Patrick Leahy, Chris Van Hallen, and Tim Kane, as well as Republican Senator Marco Rubio.
The site quotes the al-Jabri family that Sarah and Omar al-Jabri are caught between a broader political struggle, indicating that the Saudi authorities have accused their father of corruption, but his link to Muhammad bin Nayef (competitor to the crown prince) Muhammad bin Salman, and his access to classified information, raise questions about the motive behind his pursuit .
He quotes Khaled (Jabri's son) as saying that his father tried to resign for fear that he would fall amid a power struggle between the cousins, but the resignation was rejected, and he was expelled months later, which seemed to be a sign of tension in the royal family.
Bloomberg explains that al-Jabri - who was abroad when bin Nayef was removed from the position of crown prince in 2017 to replace him with bin Salman - chose to stay in Canada with most of his family, but soon the Saudi authorities pressured him to return, according to his son Khaled.
The "Washington Post" had previously stated, in an article by David Ignacius, that the break between Bin Salman and Al-Jabri came after the latter's attendance - on the orders of former Crown Prince Bin Nayef - a meeting with the CIA director at the time John Brennan, and another meeting in London with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.
The newspaper pointed out that the dispute between Prince bin Salman and al-Jabri was also due to the latter's strong warning of the Yemen war.
It is noteworthy that Khaled - a cardiologist who lives with his father in Toronto - had told the press earlier that his brother Omar, 21, and his sister, Sarah, 20, were arrested and imprisoned last March as a way to pressure their father to return to the kingdom from exile. in Canada.
Khaled confirmed that his family - and hoping to secure Sarah and Omar's release - was dealing with the Canadian and American governments and making congressional tours.