Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday said the US doesn’t have a “smoking gun” connecting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the murder of…
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday said the US doesn’t have a “smoking gun” connecting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Turkey — even though the CIA has concluded the royal directed the journalist’s killing.
“We have no smoking gun the crown prince was involved, not the intelligence community or anyone else. There is no smoking gun,” Mattis said, adding that the US would still hold those responsible for the Washington Post columnist’s death accountable.
