(George Cassidy Payne) President Trump steadfastly denies that there is a smoking gun in the Khashoggi murder, and he refuses to listen to the recording of him being tortured. But even if the president were confronted with incontrovertible evidence implicating the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, he has stated that he will not abandon the U.S.’s partnership with The House of Saud. “America first,” he has declared, as if doing business with Saudi Arabia is equivalent to eating apple pie at a baseball game on the fourth of July.
Jamal Khashoggi
Saudis Finally Admit to Killing Khashoggi After Claiming He Was Alive
(Middle East Eye) Saudi Arabia confirmed late Friday that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in Istanbul.
Khashoggi Murder Suspect Dies in “Suspicious Car Accident”
(Zero Hedge) A 31-year-old lieutenant in the Saudi Royal Air Force said to have participated in the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi died in a “suspicious car accident” in Riyadh, according to Turkish media.
Shocking: Khashoggi’s Killing Took 7 Minutes, Chopped Into Pieces While Alive: Turkish Source
(David Hearst) It took seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi to die, a Turkish source who has listened in full to an audio recording of the Saudi journalist’s last moments told Middle East Eye.