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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite House refuses to meet Congress' deadline on Khashoggi killing
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is refusing to meet a legal requirement to send Congress a report due Friday that requires the White House to determine whether Saudi Arabia's crown prince is personally responsible for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
"The President maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate," a senior administration official told CNN.
The White House decision came a day after an explosive New York Times report that cited US and foreign officials with direct knowledge of intelligence reports who say that Mohammad bin Salman told a top aide in 2017 that he would use "a bullet" on Khashoggi.
The senior administration official said "the State Department updates Congress regularly on the status of actions related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi," the former royal court insider who became one of bin Salman's most vocal critics. Saudi Arabia has admitted that the father of four's killing in Istanbul was premeditated and carried out by a group of men in the prince's inner circle.
"The President maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate," a senior administration official told CNN.
The White House decision came a day after an explosive New York Times report that cited US and foreign officials with direct knowledge of intelligence reports who say that Mohammad bin Salman told a top aide in 2017 that he would use "a bullet" on Khashoggi.
The senior administration official said "the State Department updates Congress regularly on the status of actions related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi," the former royal court insider who became one of bin Salman's most vocal critics. Saudi Arabia has admitted that the father of four's killing in Istanbul was premeditated and carried out by a group of men in the prince's inner circle.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/politics/white-house-khashoggi-deadline/index.html
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White House refuses to meet Congress' deadline on Khashoggi killing (Original Post)
spanone
Feb 2019
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ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)1. Covering up for a MURDERER makes one an aider and abettor....
Talk about a DISGRACE....
akraven
(1,975 posts)2. Can you spell S.C.U.M.?
That's what is occupying our White House.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,034 posts)3. Trumpy's in Mohammed Bone Saw's back pocket
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)4. So basically Red Don tells congress to fuck off and congress says thank you sir can we have another
... cause I don't see any of them pulling any hard cards.
spanone
(135,844 posts)5. So he claims he doesn't have to answer to congress?
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)9. De facto yes
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)6. Chapter XXIII in the saga "Trump tells Congress to fuck itself"
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)7. "Report?? Is it like sanctions? LOL"
spanone
(135,844 posts)8. the dictator is setting the parameters
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)10. The murderous stink arising from the republican white house
would knock a buzzard off a shit wagon.