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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Fri May 31, 2019, 01:39 AM May 2019

JARED KUSHNER DISMISSED KILLING OF SAUDI DISSIDENT JAMAL KHASHOGGI: 'THIS WAS A TERRORIST MASQUERADI

JARED KUSHNER DISMISSED KILLING OF SAUDI DISSIDENT JAMAL KHASHOGGI: 'THIS WAS A TERRORIST MASQUERADING AS A JOURNALIST,' CLAIMS BOOK

Jared Kushner dismissed the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a “terrorist” during an off-the-record conversation with a reporter, the explosive new book by Michael Wolff claims. But the White House denies any such comments were made.

Khashoggi, a journalist critical of the Saudi regime who worked as a columnist for The Washington Post, was lured to Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, and killed, triggering international outcry against Riyadh.

Kushner, who is President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser on foreign policy, is close to the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and the two are known to communicate via WhatsApp.


According to Vanity Fair, Wolff’s latest book, titled Siege, which covers the second year of the Trump administration, alleges that Kushner said of Khashoggi: “This guy was the link between certain factions in the royal family and Osama. We know that. A journalist? Come on. This was a terrorist masquerading as a journalist.”

https://www.newsweek.com/kushner-khashoggi-saudi-terrorist-wolff-book-1439068

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RockRaven

(14,990 posts)
4. One of the biggest indictments of the USA as an irredeemably corrupt moral monstrosity is Kushner
Fri May 31, 2019, 02:20 AM
May 2019

and those like him -- *cough* Trump *cough* -- a) having any influence/power at all, and b) walking free amongst the rest of us.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
6. If kushner wasn't bailed out of that 666 deal...he is so dumb and lucky
Fri May 31, 2019, 02:39 AM
May 2019

just like Rump. God I hate the voters who put that family right smack in our faces.

I didn’t care about their corruption until they did this

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
7. Did trump and Kushner know
Fri May 31, 2019, 03:11 AM
May 2019

Beforehand that Khashoggi was targeted to be murdered? Did the intel inform them before it took place he was a target and did nothing?

Raster

(20,998 posts)
8. i wholeheartedly believe they did... Kushner* passed along American intel as to...
Fri May 31, 2019, 05:33 AM
May 2019

...Khashoggi's current whereabouts (Turkey), and the nefarious plot to murder went from there. Yes, Kushner* knew.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
12. Kushner passed along U.S. intelligence information about numerous dissidents in SA
Fri May 31, 2019, 06:20 AM
May 2019

that directly informed the massive crackdown on protesters and "trouble makers" that the Saudi royals recently went through.

I would like to be alive to see humanity rise up and deal with the tiny percentage of the population that seems to think they have a natural right to rule over and oppress everyone else. I doubt it will happen; we'll probably destroy ourselves first. But I can hope...

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