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Oregon senators press Biden admin to act on Saudi Arabia’s role in fugitives fleeing U.S. OregonLive.com 2/3/2021 © Oregonian/OregonLive file photos/oregonlive.com/TNS U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. U.S Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are asking the Biden administration to take action against the government of Saudi Arabia for its suspected role in whisking its citizens out of the United States to escape criminal prosecution, renewing their years-long effort that the presiden...

Letter from the Editor: ‘60 Minutes’ resurfaces The Oregonian/OregonLive investigation Updated Dec 20, 2020; Posted Dec 20, 2020 Scotty Pelley and "60 Minutes" shined a light last weekend on a 2019 investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive. Facebook Share Last weekend, the venerable news show “60 Minutes” brought new attention to a story The Oregonian/OregonLive spent months investigating a while back. Sunday’s segment with correspondent Scott Pelley highlighted the case of Portland...

As President-elect Biden begins to engage the world, one of his most challenging relationships will be with Saudi Arabia. The oil kingdom and ally against Iran has a dismal record on human rights even in the United States. Case in point, 15-year-old Fallon Smart of Portland, Oregon. She was killed in a hit and run by a Saudi student who vanished before trial. Hes among many Saudis accused of serious crimes in the U.S. who mysteriously disappear. Their victims include Fawn Lengvenis, the mother ...

Theyre able to seek safe haven back to their home country. >> struck 15-year-old fallon smart who was crossing. smart was killed. 20-year-old noura, citizen of saudi arabia, studying at a nearby college, allegedly took off in his black suv. he was arrested, charged with manslaughter, forced to give up his partport. the student got out on $100,000 bail, reportedly paid for by the saudi government, as was his legal team. then, two week before his trial, he disappeared. according to the oregonian n...

Believe the kingdom may be to blame. trace gallagher is live in our west coast newsroom with an unbelievable story. >> in 2016, a portland college student from saudi arabia was charged with a fatal hit-and-run of 15-year-old fallon smart, the saudi consulate paid him $100,000 bail and then two weeks before his june 27th trial on first-degree manslaughter, the u.s. marginal says the 21-year-old saudi national was picked up by a black suv and driven to an open field where he cut off his ankle moni...

"oregonian" up in. oregon senator ron wyden is demanding answers from the secretary of state and the fbi. >> what are they going to do to make sure these suspects are brought back to oregon to face justice? >> do you think youll ever see sight of these young, very privileged saudi college students? >> what i know is that im not going to give up. >> fallons mom is still devastated. >> she at least deserves a legal system that put her killer in front of a jury of peers. >> the saudi government has...