In August 2020, Al Jabri filed a federal lawsuit in Washington D.C. that bin Salman is alleged to have dispatched a 'Tiger Squad' to Canada during October 2018 to assassinate Al Jabri, who was the closest adviser to bin Salman's chief rival, former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. The squad was identified and returned by Canadian authorities.[237][238] Following the lawsuit, the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued the summons against bin Salman, along with 11 other people. The summons stated that a judgement would be taken by default against the concerned parties, if they fail to respond.[239] Documents filed to the US federal court revealed that bin Salman was served the lawsuit on 22 September 2020 at 4:05 p.m.