Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade (C) arrives with her father Uttam Khobragade (L) at Maharashtra Sadan state guesthouse in New Delhi January 10, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade on Tuesday asked a U.S. judge to throw out immigration and employment charges against her that led to a major diplomatic spat between the United States and India.
The lawyer, Daniel Arshack, argued that Khobragade's diplomatic status, granted by the State Department last week as part of a deal allowing her to leave the country, gave her absolute immunity from prosecution, even for incidents that allegedly occurred before her accreditation.
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