Senators claim Saudi crown prince 'complicit in Khashoggi' murder after CIA briefing: 'Not a smoking gun, but a smoking saw'
Andrew Buncombe
Republican senators have claimed Saudi’s crown prince was complicit in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi after being briefed by the CIA chief - a conclusion at odds with that of Donald Trump.
After emerging from a private briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel, Lindsey Graham said you would have to be “willfully blind not to come to the conclusion this was orchestrated and organised by people under the command of Mohammed bin Salman”.
“I have great respect for [secretary of state Mike] Pompeo [defence secretary James] Mattis, but if were in a Democratic administration, I would be all over them for being in the pocket of Saudi Arabia,” he said. “There’s not a smoking gun, there’s a smoking saw.”
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Andrew Buncombe
Republican senators have claimed Saudi’s crown prince was complicit in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi after being briefed by the CIA chief - a conclusion at odds with that of Donald Trump.
After emerging from a private briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel, Lindsey Graham said you would have to be “willfully blind not to come to the conclusion this was orchestrated and organised by people under the command of Mohammed bin Salman”.
“I have great respect for [secretary of state Mike] Pompeo [defence secretary James] Mattis, but if were in a Democratic administration, I would be all over them for being in the pocket of Saudi Arabia,” he said. “There’s not a smoking gun, there’s a smoking saw.”
More follows…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8667326.html
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