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US Senators, after speaking with the CIA Director, stated that the evidence directly indicated the involvement of Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, in the assassination of Saudi opposition journalist, Jamal Hashkhodi, and had called for sanctions.
Gina Gaspel's report was private. Senators have not said anything publicly about the details of the Crown Prince's involvement in a murder.
At the same time, as Republican Senator Bob Corker said, the jury would have found him guilty after a 30-minute hearing. han "We must be blind, not to conclude that all this was organized by people under the command of Mohammed bin Salman," said Senator Lindsay Graham.
Read also: The CIA concluded that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia The Saudi ordered the assassination of Hashkhodzhi – WP
The US Congress criticized the US government for strongly criticizing the killing of a Saudi opposition journalist at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.
US President Donald Trump had promised to remain "a reliable partner" of Saudi Arabia, despite the international condemnation of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Hashkoji last month.
Republicans and Democrats promote legislation that would bring Saudi Arabia to justice. Last week, 14 Republican senators voted for a bill to end US support for the Saudi coalition in a war in Yemen
Saudi opposition journalist criticizes Saudi authorities and Washington Post editorialist Jamal Hashkhodi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul October 2 His body has still not been found.
Kingdom authorities announce the arrest of 21 suspects of the murder of Hashkhodsi, but reject his own involvement in the organization of an attack. The cases of 11 accused were returned to court. The Attorney General of Saudi Arabia has asked for the death penalty for five of the 11 accused for murder.
Western countries and Turkish security services do not consider the Saudi version credible and suspect that customers of the assassination of Hashkhodi could be linked to the imprint of Prince Muhammad bin Salman. 19659002] The prince himself described the killing as "scandalous crime" and said that the death of a journalist was "a very, very painful incident for all the Saudis".
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