12/4/2018

FOREIGN AFFAIRS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rep. Chris Stewart on Tuesday [12-4-18] defended President Donald Trump’s response to the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October, saying that ‘journalists disappear all over the country’…After being subjected to massive international pressure, Saudi officials admitted the death of Khashoggi was a premeditated murder. Trump responded to the incident in a statement last month subtitled ‘America First!’ that called Khashoggi’s murder “terrible” but declared Saudi Arabia ‘a great ally.’ Stewart expanded on his comments Tuesday evening on Twitter, adding that the US ‘cannot brush aside the murder of any journalist’…Earlier Tuesday, lawmakers were briefed by CIA Director Gina Haspel about the incident. Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told CNN after the briefing with Haspel that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘ordered, monitored, the killing’ of Khashoggi.”

Paul LeBlanc, “GOP lawmaker defends Trump’s Khashoggi response: ‘Journalists disappear all over the country’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, December 4, 2018 6:48 am