Senate resolution says Saudi crown prince 'complicit' in Khashoggi murder

CIA Director to Brief Lawmakers on Saudi Journalist's Murder

Following a private Central Intelligence Agency briefing on Tuesday, republican senator Lindsey Graham said he had "high confidence" the Saudi leader had a role in the murder and added "you have to be wilfully blind" to disagree. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, another lead sponsor of the legislation, told reporters after the Haspel briefing that he might try to get it passed as an amendment to a must-pass spending bill if the Senate does not pass the war powers resolution. After offering numerous contradictory explanations, Riyadh later said Khashoggi had been killed and his body dismembered when negotiations to persuade him to return to Saudi Arabia failed.

Co-host Mika Brzezinski pointed to a viral clip of the two foreign leaders exchanging a high-five like old friends at the G20 Summit in Argentina over the weekend.

Many Democrats want a "straight up or down vote" on a war powers resolution to end all USA support for the Saudi coalition in Yemen, without amendments.

Khashoggi, a Saudi contributor to the Washington Post, was killed shortly after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain paperwork for his upcoming marriage. Human rights groups say the war is wreaking havoc on the country and subjecting civilians to indiscriminate bombing.

As explained Republican Senator from Tennessee Bob Corker, if Salman was in front of a jury, it would be condemned for murder about 30 minutes. He said finding a compromise will be hard because some lawmakers don't want to tie Yemen to the Khashoggi killing.

With many senators furious about being excluded from the briefing, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Haspel "brief the full Senate without delay".

"They have been a great ally in our very important fight against Iran", Trump said in the statement.

CIA Director to Brief Lawmakers on Saudi Journalist's Murder

"It could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event", Trump said in a lengthy statement November 20.

President Trump has equivocated about assigning blame for Khashoggi's killing, frustrating lawmakers from both parties.

"I have zero question in my mind that the crown prince directed the murder and was kept appraised of the situation all the way through it", Corker said.

In a column for The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Graham wrote that the killing and other moves by the Saudi regime showed "astounding arrogance entitlement" and disregard for global norms.

The visit comes "without any consideration of principles and values and without taking into consideration Algeria's reputation and its real, firm and permanent interests", he added.

"Somebody should be punished", Republican Senator Richard Shelby said.

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