New York court hears arguments in ongoing 9/11 families' lawsuit against Saudi Arabia
- Bayoumi, who is now retired from government work, has denied knowing the two men were hijackers or that he had any involvement in 9/11, while Saudi Arabia has said that any allegation that it or its officials are complicit in 9/11 is categorically false.
- The Kingdom has argued that, as a foreign sovereign state, it has immunity from prosecution in US courts.
- The families, who first filed the lawsuit in 2002, spent several years lobbying US Congress to pass an amendment to the foreign sovereign immunity law to allow the case to go ahead.
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- Bayoumi, who is now retired from government work, has denied knowing the two men were hijackers or that he had any involvement in 9/11, while Saudi Arabia has said that any allegation that it or its officials are complicit in 9/11 is categorically false.
- The Kingdom has argued that, as a foreign sovereign state, it has immunity from prosecution in US courts.
- The families, who first filed the lawsuit in 2002, spent several years lobbying US Congress to pass an amendment to the foreign sovereign immunity law to allow the case to go ahead.
Sources: BBC News