Karen Attiah, the editor for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Washington Post, is calling for Congress to investigate President Trump and Jared Kushner for\u2026<\/b>
\nKaren Attiah, the editor for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Washington Post, is calling for Congress to investigate President Trump and Jared Kushner for ties to Saudi Arabia.
\u00ab\u00a0It\u2019s easy to get lost in the grief and outrage over Trump siding Saudi regime that thinks nothing of butchering peaceful journalists in consulates,\u00a0\u00bb Attiah wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. \u00ab\u00a0But hope is not all lost. Congress must act, and the American people can still help.\u00a0\u00bb
Attiah listed several ways that Congress could act, including declassifying the CIA report that concluded Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered Khashoggi’s killing, sharing CIA intelligence on the kingdom and investigating Trump and Kushner’s financial relationship with Saudi Arabia.
On Tuesday in a statement Trump said that he would maintain the \u00ab\u00a0steadfast\u00a0\u00bb alliance with Saudi Arabia, making it clear that the president does not want the killing of Khashoggi to disrupt the relationship between the two nations.
In the same statement, Trump refused to blame MBS for Khashoggi’s killing, even though the CIA has reportedly concluded that the prince ordered his killing.
Attiah called Trump’s statement \u00ab\u00a0full of lies and a blatant disregard for his own intelligence agencies.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0It also shows an unforgivable disregard for the lives of Saudis who dare criticize the regime. This is a new low,\u00a0\u00bb she added.
Khashoggi, a sharp critic of the Saudi regime, was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. The Saudi government has admitted he was killed by a team that met him when he arrived at the building. But the Saudi government has insisted the crown prince had no knowledge of the operation.
Trump last month pushed back on suggestions he is reluctant to punish the Saudis because of business ties.
\u00ab\u00a0For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia (or Russia, for that matter),\u00a0\u00bb Trump tweeted.
Trump has had business dealings with the Saudis in the past, including the sale of a yacht and a hotel stake to Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

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