Graham: Saudi’s findings on slain journalist not 'credible'

Source: The Hill | October 19, 2018 | Jordain Carney

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) said Friday night that he was not convinced by Saudi Arabia’s findings on the death of a U.S.–based journalist, saying it was an “understatement” to say he was skeptical.

“To say that I am skeptical of the new Saudi narrative about Mr. [Jamal] Khashoggi is an understatement,” Graham said in a string of tweets.

He added that it was hard to believe the findings, released by the Saudi government’s official press agency, were “credible.”

“It’s hard to find this latest ‘explanation’ as credible,” Graham said.

Saudi Arabia said Friday that Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, who had been missing for more than two weeks after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, is dead.

The Saudi government said that 18 Saudi nationals have been arrested and are being interrogated in connection with the case.

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But Graham pointed to the shifting responses from the Saudi government as one reason he remains skeptical that Khashoggi was killed in a “fight.” 

“First we were told Mr. Khashoggi supposedly left the consulate and there was blanket denial of any Saudi involvement. Now, a fight breaks out and he’s killed in the consulate, all without knowledge of Crown Prince,” he said. 

Graham has typically been a supporter of Saudi Arabia in the Senate but said earlier this week that he wanted to “sanction the hell” out of the country.

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