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Members of the Arab-Turkish Media Association and their friends hold posters while they attend the funeral prayers in absentia of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, killed last month at the Chinese consulate. Saudi Arabia in Istanbul on Friday, November 16, 2018. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday called for an international investigation into the murder of Saudi dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi. (Emrah Gurel / Associated Press)
WASHINGTON – News on the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (all local times):
9:45
President Donald Trump said he had no reason to listen to an audio recording of the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (jah-MAHL 'Khahr-SHOHK'-jee) at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
Trump confirms that the United States has the registration provided by Turkey. But he told "Fox News Sunday" that "I do not want to hear the tape, I have no reason to hear it."
When asked why, Trump calls this a "suffering cassette" and says that he knows "everything that is contained in the cassette without having to hear it".
The president said that what happened at Khashoggi at the consulate on October 2nd was "very violent, very vicious and terrible".
A US official said the US intelligence services had concluded that the Saudi Crown Prince had ordered the killing. The Saudi government denies it.
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1:30
The death of a Saudi journalist is the subject of a forthcoming government report, which presents a diplomatic dilemma to President Donald Trump.
Trump faces the challenge of reprimanding the Saudi government for the death of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi while maintaining close ties with an ally in the Middle East.
Trump told reporters Saturday that his administration would receive "a very comprehensive report," including who was responsible for Khashoggi's death on Monday or Tuesday.
A US official said the US intelligence service had concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the killing at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Turkey. Others, familiar with the case, say that there are still questions about his role.
Saudi officials deny that the crown prince was involved.
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