Saudis release US citizen who was sentenced to 19 years for critical tweets

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has released from prison the 72-year-old US citizen who had been sentenced to 19 years behind bars for tweets mildly critical of the kingdom’s crown prince.

Saad Almadi, who was imprisoned for over a year, called his son Ibrahim Almadi Monday to let him know that was freed by the government of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the younger Almadi told The Post. ---More...