Khashoggi’s Murder: Top US Senators Rip MBS after CIA Chief’s Briefing

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Leading US senators said Tuesday they were more certain than ever that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was culpable in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after receiving a CIA briefing on the matter."

The views that I had before have only solidified," said Senator Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who has called for a strong US reaction to Khashoggi's death and backs legislation to end all US support for the Saudi aggression on Yemen.

Menendez spoke to reporters as he left a closed-door briefing for some Senate committee leaders and Senate leaders by CIA Director Gina Haspel.

Senator Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, shook his head no, when asked if he thought Haspel's briefing had changed any minds.

"You have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of MbS," Republican Senator Lindsay Graham told reporters, also after the briefing, referring to the crown prince by his initials.

Haspel is also expected to brief leaders and top committee members of the US House of Representatives within the next two weeks on Khashoggi's murder.

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