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Biden administration to make announcement about Saudi Arabia Monday as White House reviews ties

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President Joe Biden said his administration would announce Monday how it will handle relations with Saudi Arabia after a report implicated the crown price in Jamal Khashoggi’s death.
President Joe Biden said his administration would announce Monday how it intends to handle relations with Saudi Arabia, days after an intelligence report publicly linked the Saudi crown prince to the death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Biden made the comments to press on Saturday when asked whether he would be punishing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his role in the killing of journalist Khashoggi. « There will be an announcement on Monday as to what we are going to be doing with Saudi Arabia generally, » Biden told reporters. The White House didn’t immediately return a request to provide more detail about the announcement. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old U.S. resident and Washington Post columnist, was a critic of the Saudi royal family.

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