Trump says that he does not want to hear the audio of the Khashoggi massacre "because it's a cassette that suffers"

President TrumpDonald John TrumpMichelle Obama declares that it is not always easy to adhere to the principle of "going high" Georgia certifies the election results in a fierce race to governor Trump's elections defends the deployment of the border under a new PLUS control He said Sunday that he did not want to listen to an audio recording that would represent the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, because it's "a suffering cassette".

"We have the tape, I do not want to hear the tape, no reason for me to hear the tape," Trump said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday."

When asked why, Trump replied "because it's a tape that suffers".

"It's a terrible tape," he added. "I have been fully informed, there is no reason for me to hear it."

The president said that he knew everything about the band because of the briefings, and described it as "very violent, very vicious and terrible."

The Turkish authorities reportedly transmitted the audio to CIA Director Gina Haspel as part of the investigation into Khashoggi's death. The columnist for the Washington Post, an American resident, was killed after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd.

Turkish officials and many US lawmakers said they believed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in Khashoggi's death, and the Post reported Friday that the CIA had concluded that the Crown Prince had ordered the killing.

When asked Sunday whether Crown Prince Mohammed had lied to him when he denied having learned of Khashoggi's death, Trump had been restrained.

"Who can really know?" Trump said. "But I can say this: he has a lot of people now who say they do not know."

The president rebuffed the chances of change in US-Saudi relations following Khashoggi's death, saying he "wanted to stay with an ally who, in many ways, was very good."