Wm. Blackstone in his "Commentaries on the Laws of England" (still cited by the US Supreme Court) says the following: "An accessory after the fact may be, where a person, knowing a felony to have been committed, receives, relieves, comforts, or assists the felon. Therefore, to make an accessory ex post facto, it is in the first place requisite that he knows of the felony committed.18 In the next place, he must receive, relieve, comfort, or assist him. And, generally, any assistance whatever given to a felon, to hinder his being apprehended, tried, or suffering punishment, makes the assistor an accessory." According to this Guardian article, Jared Kushner has been advising Prince Salman on how to escape taking the blame for the murder of Khashoggi and we have all heard Trump trying to justify taking no action to see the prince facing any criminal charges as a consequence of his actions. Any reasonable person would consider them as accomplices ("any assistance whatever") after the fact in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
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