The defense lawyer for the Saudi citizen, Ahmed Abu Ammo, who is accused in the case of spying on Twitter for the Saudi authorities, agreed with the Public Prosecution in the American city of San Francisco to postpone the trial until after 22 October.
With this agreement, the public prosecutor and the lawyer enter into negotiations during this period, which may lead to Abu Ammo's cooperation with the US authorities in this case to reduce his sentence.
The Public Prosecutor in San Francisco, western United States, directed a list of charges against the Saudi citizen Ahmed Abu Ammo - accused in the case of spying on Twitter for the Saudi authorities - including acting as an agent of a foreign country without notifying the US Department of Justice, money laundering, and tampering with evidence.
Abu Ammo, who is in US custody, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The case also includes two Saudi defendants, Ahmed Al-Mutairi, also known as Ahmed Al-Jabreen, and Ali Al-Zabara.
Prosecute and convict
The lawsuit indicates that Abu Ammo, along with his fellow countryman Zubara, a former Twitter employee, took money from a high-ranking Saudi official to gain access to Twitter's internal systems, track down opponents and reveal their addresses and phone numbers.
If convicted, the Saudi suspect faces 20 years in prison and a fine that may exceed $ 600,000.
Al-Mutairi works as assistant to Badr Al-Asaker, director of the office of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, while Zabara is accused of using his work on Twitter to hand over information about Saudi dissidents to the Saudi authorities.
A few days ago, the Public Prosecution office presented new evidence that documented Ahmed Al-Jibreen's launch of a company as a front for the transfer of information for the "Samat" company run by Badr Al-Asaker.
An indictment
The indictment was not limited only to expanding the charges and the accused, but also drawn its preamble more clearly, revealing how the operation took place, who were involved, and how Ahmed Al-Mutairi created a fake company that he used as a front to pay money to Abu Ammo, and also to transfer information to Riyadh.
The indictment also identified a Saudi official who was the mastermind of those operations, but did not name him, but referred to him as "Official No. 1."
American media suggested that this official was Badr Al-Asaker, who was director of the private office of the Saudi crown prince, before he disappeared from view, which raised many question marks at the time.
And this whole process - according to the list - is standing by a member of the Saudi ruling family who was not named by the list, but was symbolized by Individual No. 1.