Senators Demand Trump Give Answers On Whether Saudi Prince Ordered Khashoggi Murder

Kristine Lofgren
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U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) (L), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, talks with ranking member Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) prior to a committee meeting April 23, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to be the next Secretary of State. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A bi-partisan group of Senators is demanding that President Donald Trump give a firm answer about whether or not Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker and New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez sent a letter to the president, Politico reports, that requests he investigates the killing under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.

This is the second letter that the heads of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have sent to the president about the murder, though the original letter did not reference the Saudi prince specifically. This time, the letter demands that Trump make a determination about what took place and who is responsible, including whether the prince had any knowledge or involvement in the killing, which took place last month in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

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