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Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker said that the US should punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman if an investigation concludes he was behind the death of Jamal Khashoggi.
"Obviously, if he's gone forth and murdered this journalist, he's now crossed the line, and there has to be a punishment and a price paid for that," the Senate Foreign Relations chairman said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."
Corker said he believed bin Salman directed a Saudi operation where Khashoggi, a journalist who wrote for The Washington Post, was "purposefully murdered" and that he wanted a complete investigation to bear out the facts.
Saudi Arabia admitted Khashoggi died, but claimed his death came in a fistfight with more than a dozen Saudi officials at the country's consulate in Istanbul. The Washington Post said in an article published Saturday that President Donald Trump was still praising bin Salman but acknowledged the changing accounts from the Saudis regarding Khashoggi.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/corker-has-to-be-a-punishment-for-saudi-journalists-death/ar-BBOFOsf?li=BBnbcA1
We'll see how much backbone you have if you fold to Trump like you usually do.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Bunch of soulless pricks.
DFW
(54,443 posts)He sent them Steve Mnuchin, his Treasury Secretary.
Take THAT you sneaky towelheads! That'll teach ya!
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)lark
(23,158 posts)They are repugs & oligarchs first and foremost so in the end they always vote for bills that help the oligarchs, not caring one bit who it hurts to do this. He will do zero about the killing, exactly zero.