An analysis on the Business Insider website considered that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is once again trying to silence serious threats to his rule, but this time the repercussions may be more serious.
The site pointed out that the greatest threat to him comes from his cousin, the former crown prince, Muhammad bin Nayef, and his assistant, Saad al-Jabri, a former Saudi security official and the right-hand man of Prince Muhammad bin Nayef, who was removed from the mandate of the Covenant in 2017.
He explained that the two men had enough information to damage the status of Mohammed bin Salman, making it difficult for him to destroy them.
The site also quoted a State Department spokesman as saying that Al-Jabri is an important partner of the United States in combating terrorism and enjoys the respect of many officials.
And he indicated that the reaction to the corruption charges, the attempt to assassinate Al-Jabri, and the lawsuit before one of the American courts weighs on Mohammed bin Salman, but if all of this can be silenced, bin Salman will have got rid of the most explicit threats to his legitimacy so far.
The site also described bin Nayef as the only party where opponents of bin Salman's claim to the throne meet and that he is causing great damage to bin Salman's reputation on the world stage, and therefore he seeks to silence Al-Jabri and bin Nayef together on alleged corruption charges.
Omar Karim, a visiting fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, told Business Insider, "What this campaign will achieve is to affix corruption allegations to Muhammad bin Nayef and his partners, to distort the public impression known to them as honest and honorable men."
"We see that this tactic - the corruption tactic - is well received by the Saudi masses, as was the case at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel," he added, referring to the campaign in which hundreds of princes were detained and accused of corruption and forced to pledge allegiance to Mohammed bin Salman.
For his part, Dr. Christian Ulrichsen, a fellow at the Baker Institute for the Middle East at Rice University, told the website that the accusations of corruption were an attempt to further discredit Bin Nayef in Saudi Arabia.
"It is likely that any trial against him will be an attempt to ensure the neutralization of Muhammad bin Nayef inside Saudi Arabia. It is possible that bin Salman will be able to secure a verdict but he cannot control what is happening internationally, and this may be a source of great concern," he said.
And Business Insider concluded that bin Nayef and Al Jabri are especially preferred in the United States, which makes it difficult for Mohammed bin Salman to destroy them.