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After CIA briefing, Republicans say 'no question' Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi murder
CIA Director Gina Haspel testifying before members of Congress regarding the Jamal Khashoggi murder.
It is obvious by now that Trump and Mike Pompeo are outright lying .... there is indeed smoking-gun evidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the brutal murder of US resident Jamal Khashoggi. There are enough votes now in Congress to end all US funding for the Kingdom's war in Yemen. I expect a vote early next week at the latest. This may also affect US arms sales to the Saudi's. As far as the Saudi's as an ally, they remind me of Pakistan ..... both arsonist and fireman.
Relaated: Saudi Prince ‘Complicit’ in Khashoggi’s Murder, Senators Say After C.I.A. Briefing | New York Times
CIA Director Gina Haspel testifying before members of Congress regarding the Jamal Khashoggi murder.
ABC News
12/4/18
Following a briefing by CIA director Gina Haspel Tuesday on the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, leading Republican senators told reporters that there was "zero question" that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the brutal murder. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, said "I have zero question in my mind that the Crown Prince MBS ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happening. Planned it in advance. If he was in front of a jury he would be convicted in 30 minutes. Guilty," Corker said. Corker called the Trump administration's claim that there is no direct evidence of the crown prince's involvement "unacceptable." South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said, "There's not a smoking gun, there's a smoking saw." "You have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of MBS and that he was intricately involved in the demise of Mr. Khashoggi," he said. He went on: "If the Saudi government is going to be in the hands of this man, I find it very difficult to be able to do business because I think he's crazy, I think he's dangerous, and he has put the relationship at risk." Graham concluded that he can no longer support arms sales to the kingdom. Given those comments, it appeared Haspel's briefing would not help the administration win back support for its military aid to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen.The fact that the briefing was limited to a small group angered several senators, including Republican allies of President Trump.
The Senate's top Democrat, Chuck Schumer of New York, called on Haspel to testify before the full Senate after sitting in on the Tuesday briefing. “While I will not discuss the content of the Haspel briefing, it reinforced the need for a strong response to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. CIA Director Haspel should brief the full Senate without delay," Schumer said in a statement. Despite the Saudis' murder of Khashoggi and other aggressive behavior -- their bombing campaign in Yemen, the detention of Lebanese Prime Minister Said Hariri, and their blockade of another U.S. ally Qatar -- the Trump administration has argued that the Saudis are a critical U.S. partner and a bulwark of stability in the region.
It is obvious by now that Trump and Mike Pompeo are outright lying .... there is indeed smoking-gun evidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the brutal murder of US resident Jamal Khashoggi. There are enough votes now in Congress to end all US funding for the Kingdom's war in Yemen. I expect a vote early next week at the latest. This may also affect US arms sales to the Saudi's. As far as the Saudi's as an ally, they remind me of Pakistan ..... both arsonist and fireman.
Relaated: Saudi Prince ‘Complicit’ in Khashoggi’s Murder, Senators Say After C.I.A. Briefing | New York Times