Donald Trump's trick: now says Saudi prince could be involved in Jamal Khashoggi's crime – 10/24/2018

US President Donald Trump do not exclude now this Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had been involved in some way in the murder of critical journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

"It's him who manages things"Trump said in an interview with the conservative newspaper The Wall Street Journal.

The prince takes to a large extent the affairs of the government in the country, acknowledged the president. And he repeated that he does not believe that King Salman knew what would happen with Khashoggi, who died on October 2 at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.

According to Turkey, the kingdom committed the crime premeditatedly. And Arabia, who first denied the journalist's death and tried to conceal it, finally admitted it and arrested 18 officials.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was kept Wednesday the pressure on the Saudis before Mohammed speaks at a summit of international investors in Riyadh.

According to Trump, the prince declined all responsibility and said that everything had been organized at a lower level of government.

"I really want to believe you"said the US president, although he did not specify who could be behind what he described as a" total fiasco. "According to him, it was" from one of the worst cover-ups in the history of these cover-ups ".

The United States has put in place sanctions for the scandal: the State Department announced that the 21 Saudis suspected of Khashoggi's death would be removed from the entry visa or declared unfit to receive it.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added that they were studying other measures and had pointed out the uneasiness that the situation aroused within the government.

Saudi Arabia is a key ally of the United States. in the Middle East and both countries retain multi-million dollar businesses.

CIA, recordings, Iran

The Turkish authorities have shown it to the CIA director, Gina Haspel all tests of the availability of investigators of the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, including audios and videos, says this Wednesday the Turkish official newspaper Sabah.

Haspel will share this information with President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence confirmed on Tuesday.

For his part, Iranian President Hasan Rohani said in recent hours that Saudi Arabia he had to rely on North America's approval to kill Khashoggi.

"I do not think they dared to commit such a crime without getting the support of the United States," he said.

Iran does not have diplomatic relations with the Americans or with the Saudis: in both cases reign of tension and rivalry.

"All aspects of this crime, unprecedented in recent decades, must be revealed to the world."

Hasan Rohani

Iranian President

sources: AFP, DPA, Reuters, EFE