Biden has power to make Jordan’s King Abdullah release a US citizen

Published October 22, 2021 9:18pm ET



It’s time for President Joe Biden to get tough with King Abdullah of Jordan.

For weeks, Abdullah has been in the United States, living in luxury as his nation struggles. The leaked Pandora Papers detail what appear to be, ahem, highly questionable financial dealings by the king. Meanwhile, as explained in two columns in July, Abdullah is holding a U.S. citizen in prison after a trial in which the citizen, Bassem Awadallah, was afforded no chance to call his own witnesses or provide exculpatory evidence, denied private meetings with his attorneys, and allegedly tortured.

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