Intel: Pompeo questioned over State's declaring Egypt’s ex-PM immune from torture suit
Rep. Gerry Connolly said he was "shocked to learn" the State Department had issued a certificate of immunity for Egypt's former prime minister.
A growing chorus of lawmakers wants to know why the Trump administration says Egypt’s ex-prime minister should be immune from prosecution in a lawsuit brought by a US citizen accusing him of torture.
In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said he was "shocked to learn" that the State Department had “taken the grave step of attempting to immunize from accountability state-sanctioned torture” when, at the request of the Egyptian government, it certified the immunity of former interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi.
