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Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) on Sunday reprimanded President Donald Trump for the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the president's finding was "inconsistent with the information I've seen" . This week, Trump essentially acquitted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the murder, although the CIA would have concluded that the Crown Prince had ordered the assassination of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a legal resident of the United States. "The information I saw suggested that it had been ordered by the Crown Prince," Lee added, speaking on the NBC website. Meet the press. Lee lobbied to end the US's engagement in the Yemeni civil war, where a Saudi-led coalition was fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Other Republicans, including Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Bob Corker (R-TN), also voted against Trump's assessment.
