GOP senators think Saudi's crown prince is guilty of Khashoggi murder after CIA briefing

Source: Washington Examiner | December 4, 2018 | Susan Ferrechio

Some senators said Tuesday they believe Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is guilty of the murder of dissident Jamal Khashoggi after they received a private briefing from CIA Director Gina Haspel in the Capitol Tuesday.

“I think if he was in front of a jury that he would have a unanimous verdict in about 30 minutes,” said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn. “A guilty verdict.”

Haspel briefed a small group of lawmakers from both parties at the request of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Several senators wanted to hear from Haspel after she was excluded from a briefing on Saudi Arabia last week that conducted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.

Haspel’s CIA conducted an investigation that found the crown prince, known by the nickname MBS, knew about the killing at the very least and may have ordered it. Khashoggi was murdered in October in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and was reportedly dismembered.

“MBS the crown prince is a wrecking ball,” Graham said after the briefing. “I think he is complicit in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi.”

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said “all evidence” points to the crown princes ordering the killing of Khashoggi.

This briefing today basically confirmed a lot of our thoughts about the reprehensible killing,” Shelby said. “This is conduct that none of us in America would approve of in any way,” Shelby said. “Somebody should be punished now the question is how to you separate the Saudi crown prince and his group from the nation itself.”

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