Trump blast Saudi operation, waits for more facts
2,326 views · Published 29 October 2018 · 2:46 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(23 Oct 2018) President Donald Trump is criticizing the Saudi operation that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but says he is waiting for more facts from U.S. officials traveling in the region, "if what happened happened and if the facts check out and it's something that's very bad." Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office that he's expecting a full report on the killing soon. CIA Director Gina Haspel is in Turkey to review the case of the slain Saudi writer Khashoggi The President says that Saudi Arabia has been a great ally and he wants to "wait and see the facts." He calls the events after Khashoggi's death "the worst cover-up ever." Saudi Arabia has claimed Khashoggi, a writer for The Washington Post who wrote critically about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, died accidentally in a brawl at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. But Turkish officials say a 15-men team tortured, killed and dismembered the writer and say Saudi officials had planned the killing for days. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/14a8e5a9d84e8bfe1679eb743f57937b
